On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:11:25 +0000 Mário Barbosa <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:45:13 -0500 > Stewart Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there a simple robust IMAP client to replace Pine (which I *think* > > is no longer supported)? GUI or TTY session? > > > > I'm wondering if there is something we can tell users to use when > > Things Are Dire. GUI would be better since it removes one of the few > > remaining reasons for a logon server > > GUIwise, I have been using Sylpheed for years, both personally and > professionally, and I believe it to be the best GUI-type IMAP client > around. It too does the header caching and other stuff mentioned but, > compared with Thunderbird, it has: > > . always performed "better" (i.e., faster) > . never crashed (AFAICR) > > Bling-wise, it's a bit poor, but it gets the job done. > > Mário Barbosa I would recommend Claws Mail instead, it is "the succesor" of Sylpheed and is much better... :) BTJ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bjørn T Johansen [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone wrote: "I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages" To which someone replied: "It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
