I don't think there's a better client than Thunderbird for Linux. I used it at the job I just got laid off from and it was great. But at home, I just use gmail because it makes so many things easy.
I read Usenet via google groups, which is suboptimal but I don't spend much time reading usenet any more because of too much spam. (Of course, the spam could be because I read it via google groups, so vicious circle there..) Sorry there's not better news. Neil On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > Well, this is quite off-topic, but I just went through HELL with my > Thunderbird email client. > It has been acting flaky for a while, with about 2-minute hangups every > now and then. When it does this, the CPU utilization goes to 100% for > the duration. Now, suddenly, these delays are 8 minutes long! This is > with Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 on a 1.7 GHz pentium 4 just updated to 2 GB of > memory. > > I tried to update to Thunderbird 3.1.1, and the delays with that are 67 > minutes long! > > I have a HUGE number of emails stored in many folders going back to > 1997, and also have newsgroup folders for such as > rec.crafts.metalworking. My newsgroup service has everything going back > to 2003, so there are 600,000 message headers > for the R.C.M. group alone. I think Thunderbird is constantly > "indexing" this stuff for some reason, although I have tried to > turn off EVERYTHING possible that I don't need. > > So, what do others use for email and newsgroups on Linux systems? I'd > need something that could import the mail files > from Thunderbird. > > Thanks, > > Jon > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- http://www.pixpopuli.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
