Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Jan! On 15 Jan 2002 at 3:20:20 am you wrote: I'd take a Porsche over a Mercedes any day. Well, both are German luxury cars ... which means most Germans like them, virtually every non-German, and me not. I'd rather have a good British (they are mostly half American today), Italian or

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at 12:20:27 AM PST, Dierk Haasis wrote: Why, o why ... again a superfluous HTML mail with bad wrapping ... Give them an inch, and they take up the whole road... :-( It really is a dangerous line to cross. People

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Alastair Scott
On 15 January 2002 at 8:31 am Dierk wrote: Well, both are German luxury cars ... which means most Germans like them, virtually every non-German, and me not. I'd rather have a good British (they are mostly half American today), Italian or French car. Even the Spanish version of German cars

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Ray! On 14 Jan 2002 at 11:19:43 pm you wrote: I just like to see HTML and every now and then write html. Every now and then? Shouldn't HTML messages only be used if necessary? I mean, you send a pure plain text message as HTML - just to annoy us? Or are you trying to make a point like

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Ray! On 14 Jan 2002 at 10:32:18 pm you wrote: I could go on for a while but till now i realy like the slickinterface of PocoMail a lot better than the Bat and also itsHTML-possibility.   The Bat in my eyes is developping towards a more and more hightechmailer (I am an Unix guru

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-15 Thread Jan Rifkinson
Hello Dierk. At 3:31 AM on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 you wrote the following in response to my comments [[OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails] I'd take a Porsche over a Mercedes any day. Dierk Well, both are German luxury cars ... which Dierk means most Germans like them

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Rick Reumann, On Sunday, January 13 2002 at 07:20 PM PDT, you wrote: I'm just curious if anyone could give me some of the benefits/drawbacks of using PocoMail vs The Bat! Being the curious type, I tried it but right from the start I couldn't even set up hierarchical folders so that

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Alastair Scott
On 14 January 2002 at 03:20 Rick wrote: I'm just curious if anyone could give me some of the benefits/drawbacks of using PocoMail vs The Bat! I'm a registered user of The Bat! that came from Pegasus so I'm just curious what some users of it think of it compared to The Bat!. If

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Kenneth S. Rhee
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:37:02 +, Alastair Scott wrote: Well, I had a look at Poco and it turned me right off straight away (as Pegasus and Eudora do). I'm a user interface designer - and sensitive to such things - and I'd rather have an old-fashioned interface like TB's rather than one which

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Kenneth S. Rhee
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:23:59 -0800, Nick Andriash wrote: Being the curious type, I tried it but right from the start I couldn't even set up hierarchical folders so that pretty much did it for me. If there is a way I couldn't find it... You can set up the subfolders. I believe you have to do it

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Luc
It was foretold that on 14-1-2002 @ 22:20:39 GMT-0500 (which was 4:20 where I live) Rick Reumann wrote and spread these wise comments on [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails: RR On Sunday, January 13, 2002, 4:24:39 PM, GeekMaster wrote: G on the fly inline HTML message

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Ray Vermey
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:18:00 +0100, Luc wrote: RROn Sunday, January 13, 2002, 4:24:39 PM, GeekMaster wrote: GPocoMail. In some ways, it's less powerful than The Bat, but nobody works harder than PocoMail's Gauthor at accomodating user requests in the mail client. HTML is nothing new, and

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Lars Geiger
Hi Ray, On 14 Jan 2002 at 22:32:18 [GMT +0100], you wrote: 5) I like the HTML-editor of Poco. Yes, and you showed us how much you liked it by sending a HTML formatted message. Really useful! :-\ -- Regards, Lars The Bat! 1.54 Beta/28 on Windows NT 5.1 Build 2600

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread David van Zuijlekom
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Kenneth, On 14 Jan 2002 at 13:46:28 -0500, Kenneth S. Rhee [KSR] wrote concerning ': HTML based emails': ... Being the curious type, I tried it but right from the start I couldn't even set up hierarchical folders so that pretty much did it for

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Kenneth S. Rhee
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:48:24 +0100, David van Zuijlekom wrote: I can say one thing about Pocomail: the wrapping sucks! Look at your reply you gave to Nick. It looks a lot like the most irritating wrapping like in OL/OE. ;-( To each his/her own. However, let's try to be objective here. I own

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, January 14, 2002, at 1:32:18 PM PST, Ray Vermey wrote: RR On Sunday, January 13, 2002, 4:24:39 PM, GeekMaster wrote: G PocoMail.  In some ways, it's less powerful than The Bat, but nobody works harder than PocoMail's G author at

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread GeekMaster
At 6:09:11 pm on 1/14/2002, you wrote: snip In spite of what I see as some very serious shortcomings, I do in fact really like Pocomail. Certainly - if Slaven were to get together with the programmers of TB!, there could be some *very interesting* developments! :-) I think, for the most

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Jan Rifkinson
Hello Ray. At 4:32 PM on Monday, January 14, 2002 you wrote the following about [[OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails] Ray [...] Well i will playing around for some time Ray with Pocomail and see howthings develop. But going Ray back to the Bat is like stepping in an old(but Ray

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-14 Thread Alastair Scott
On 14 January 2002 at 23:09 Melissa wrote: Personally, I think Slaven is great. I know he's dedicated to making Pocomail better, and no doubt it will improve. His tireless programming efforts and dedication to customer support (and openness to and implementation of suggestions) are much

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-13 Thread GeekMaster
Rick Reumann wrote: I'm just curious if anyone could give me some of the benefits/drawbacks of using PocoMail vs The Bat! Hi Rick. As you mention in your message, this might not be the best place for a blow-by-blow comparison, but certainly trying it is the best way to get a feel for

Re: [OT sort of] PocoMail- was Re[4]: HTML based emails

2002-01-13 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, January 13, 2002, at 7:48:08 PM PST, GeekMaster wrote: Anyway, give it a look. I want to say, like you, I am a registered user of The Bat, and as I said, I really do think it's among the very best apps out there. But, being the fanatic