On 18/04/2008, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip>lots of stuff where people talk about their favourite email > client</snip> > > Isn't this *exactly* the reason why OOo should *not* have a bundled email > client?
Yes. > I use TB, someone else uses Pegasus, someone else might use Seamonkey, > Spicemonkey, Zimbra, Evolution and this list continues... > > I can't believe how many times this question comes up. It is based on > users' assumption that Outlook/Outlook Express is part of Office. > Technically it is just another standalone application that has some > integration hooks to their office applications. > > The real answer should be to continue to promote OOo and increase it's > adoption and publicise the fact that is has a very nice and *open* API > (Java?) to which *any* email client could interface if the developer and > users so wished. > > To the chap who suggested Pegasus: I have never even heard of it and do not > want to use non-open source products, so why should your preference impact > me? Actually, Pegasus is not my preference (it doesn't even run on my OS). I am also of the opinion that OOo should not include an email client. However, I know that many people request this feature and I've heard rumor that Thunderbird may be considered. I think that Thunderbird is a bad choice, and here I found something that seemed a better choice. As for the open-source bit, as I had mentioned, the Pegasus developer want to open the source but he is stuck with a proprietary editor core. That could be taken care of with the OOo component. > Send the Pegasus developer a link to the OOo developer site and ask him > - nicely - to take a look at providing some integration hooks in his > application. I did. > Do you know what it is you want it to do BTW? Nothing. But for those who want to integrate an email client with OOo, this looks like a good one that has been until now unavailable in FOSS form. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
