Re: mail client (OT)

[Richard Gaskin]

Chris Sheffield wrote:
>>> I know this is totally off-topic, but as I'm looking for a good
>>> mail  client to read this user list, I thought I'd ask here.  So
>>> what's a  good one?  I've been using Apple Mail, but the fact that
>>> it doesn't  keep track of the message threads very well is really
>>> starting to  annoy me.  So I'd like to play with something else.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> I love Thunderbird --  secure, flexible, standards-based, regularly
>> updated, and free:
>> 
>
> That's kind of what I was thinking of trying.  Do you know if
> Thunderbird will import all my account information from Mail (my
> messages too would be nice)?

Hard to say. After having been burned by Apple's email discontinuations 
in the past (iWorld and later the Emailer bundle) I don't trust them 
with anything as critical to me as email.  I need longevity more than I 
need pre-installation. :)


So without the benefit of having used Mail, I can only report what I 
hear:  older versions are said to have used the standard MDB format for 
the mail database, though this is said to have been abandoned with 
Tiger. So if you're still pre-Tiger it may work well, and there may also 
be AppleScripts and/or other solutions as well.


Given the number of Mac folks who use Thunderbird, I'd be surprised if 
their forum didn't turn up an instant solution.


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Re: mail client (OT)

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Quoting Chris Sheffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I know this is totally off-topic, but as I'm looking for a good mail
> client to read this user list, I thought I'd ask here.  So what's a
> good one?  I've been using Apple Mail, but the fact that it doesn't
> keep track of the message threads very well is really starting to
> annoy me.  So I'd like to play with something else.  Any suggestions?

Yes Gemini mail.

I tried thunderbird and it is very good and free. It has "toggle on threads" so
mails can be threaded.

However, there are some limitations to thunderbird. When you toggle on the
thread you have them nicely grouped, however, when you then "sort" the threaded
mails it loses the thread action unless you rethread. When you consider the time
you spend on email, it is well worth paying for a client that will do exacctley
everything that you require.

Gemini is great for this and has been on RISC OS for years. It costs money, but
like all good things is money well spent.
You can trial it heren and see a screenshot

http://www.intellegit.com/software/gemini/

cheers
bob (no affiliation)
>
> Please excuse the off-topic-ness of this post :-)
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Re: mail client (OT)

[Chris Sheffield]

That's kind of what I was thinking of trying.  Do you know if  
Thunderbird will import all my account information from Mail (my  
messages too would be nice)?



On Jun 3, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:


Chris Sheffield wrote:

I know this is totally off-topic, but as I'm looking for a good  
mail  client to read this user list, I thought I'd ask here.  So  
what's a  good one?  I've been using Apple Mail, but the fact that  
it doesn't  keep track of the message threads very well is really  
starting to  annoy me.  So I'd like to play with something else.   
Any suggestions?




I love Thunderbird --  secure, flexible, standards-based, regularly  
updated, and free:




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Re: mail client (OT)

[Richard Gaskin]

Chris Sheffield wrote:
I know this is totally off-topic, but as I'm looking for a good mail  
client to read this user list, I thought I'd ask here.  So what's a  
good one?  I've been using Apple Mail, but the fact that it doesn't  
keep track of the message threads very well is really starting to  annoy 
me.  So I'd like to play with something else.  Any suggestions?


I love Thunderbird --  secure, flexible, standards-based, regularly 
updated, and free:




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mail client (OT)

[Chris Sheffield]

I know this is totally off-topic, but as I'm looking for a good mail  
client to read this user list, I thought I'd ask here.  So what's a  
good one?  I've been using Apple Mail, but the fact that it doesn't  
keep track of the message threads very well is really starting to  
annoy me.  So I'd like to play with something else.  Any suggestions?


Please excuse the off-topic-ness of this post :-)

Chris



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