Hi Kitty, On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 8:45:16 AM PST, you wrote:
> The good news is that my problem is solved and I can now post > without incident. Finally! I'm very glad to hear that the problem has been sorted out. :-) > The only one that tempted me at all was Pocomail. There are several > things that I really do like about Pocomail, some of which I like > better than TB. That said, Pocomail is rather slow when handling > large volumes of mail and I think that would have driven me nuts in > the long run. However, I really do like the Pocomail interface and > some features. Before I moved to TB!, I was a "loyal" user of Pocomail (from v1.x to the mid-2.x builds). There are certainly many interesting and/or useful features in Pocomail, but after v2.11 and until I found TB!, all subsequent versions just had too many annoying bugs and/or instabilities for my tastes. My theory about Pocomail's bugs/instability issues is that Slaven R. (primary inventor/developer of Pocomail) is 1) so full of many interesting ideas of his own that he's all too willing to keep adding "features" (often "bells and whistles" in my view) without being sure that "the basics" are well-grounded first, and 2) he's almost too anxious to please and be responsive to the demands/wishes of Pocomail users that he, as mentioned in point 1, neglects "basics" in favor or adding new and innovative features. One of those "basics" I'm personally very concerned with is plain text handling/formatting. Plain text handling was, and still is (though quite improved since the earlier builds) somewhat lacking and unpredictable (especially in comparison to TB!'s *wonderful* handling of plain text). Being the email client junkie I am, I still have Pocomail installed (and Becky too!), and keep my copies of both updated, but I'm just too busy these days to play with Pocomail v3 much. I do still find the plain text handling in v3 lacking. That said, I would be interested in hearing (reading) about which "features" you really like about Pocomail - and why - especially those you might feel are even "better" than with TB! I may have high hopes for Pocomail, and I really respect Slaven, but it's going to take a lot more than just a multitude of "good ideas" to make me switch from TB! to *any* other client. :-) Finally, to get this a *little* bit more on-topic to this list, I want to make an entirely subjective comment about "interfaces"... Personally, I *really like* the TB! interface, and I don't know why so many people complain about it. It's clean and functional, and the glyph set I use even with my v2 (the v1.6.x glyphs) are, to my eyes, more pleasant to deal with than most other email clients I've tried or used. Pocomail has many "pretty skins" available (in addition to individual user options for changing the "look"), and to my tastes, though very functional and more customizable than TB!'s, I find Becky's interface to be, aesthetically anyway, pretty "ugly" in comparison to TB!. But of course, most of these functional/customizable/aesthetic preferences are quite subjective. In terms of functionality and stability, I favor Becky over Pocomail (and of course, in enough ways that matter to me, I favor TB! over Becky! :-)). Perhaps if we want to continue this direction of the discussion, TBOT would be the more appropriate venue. -- Melissa PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Body=Please%20send%20keys TB! v2.01.3 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1
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