> It's difficult to declare this sort of issue a dead horse. It will crop
> up a lot, and really aught to be addressed even briefly on each occasion.
> :-)

Never know these days, have to tread carefully on the lists "ph34r da
tr0ut"  ;)

DL>> but my opinion is that TB is a power user's email client, and as
DL>> soon as it becomes useful to Joe Public, AOL will buy it and bloat
DL>> it :)

> TB!'s advanced features are surprisingly user friendly in my
> estimation... except for the filtering which does require some figuring
> out because of unintuitive aspects and lack of documentation.

There are still many things to learn about it, what about all the
hidden keys :)  A couple of fan sites with all the hidden keys listed
don't count as documentation IMNSHO

> For straightforward use it's as easy as they come. My wife is a novice
> with this sort of thing and has been using TB! merrily.

DL>> Bleh bleh Linux <spit>  Horrible to use, it's like going back to DOS
DL>> - that goes for Mandrake too :)  You shall be assimilated.

> For the average desktop end user? ... A step backwards, I agree. :-)

It was meant for server applications, it's great at that :)  Bringing
it to the desktop seems a daft idea though.  You can't suddenly
convert several million Windows users unless there's something
completely mindblowing about it :)

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Deryk Lister  ||  ICQ 25869912  ||  www.deryk.co.uk
Using The Bat! 1.46 Beta/5 under Windows NT 5.0 
Build 2195 Service Pack 1 on a PentiumII-400 with 128MB

PGP welcomed - you can get the key from my automated link:
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You may also get the keys from reputable keyservers.

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