Re: Email Clients (Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)

[David Elliott <DavidE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

On  15  March  2000 at 09:28:44 GMT -0800 (which was about 17:28 where I
live)  Jeff  Lasman  <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote about "Email Clients
(Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)" and made these points:

I  am  new  to this list so I might have missed the point of this email.

(1) Is this off topic ? (as I am new to this list I don't know)
(2) I use The Bat! for my email. Please note my comments below.

JL> At 08:37 AM 3/15/00 +0000, you wrote:

>>Not sure if I understand the requirement fully (" that threads email 
>>properly")  , but just in case ...

JL> By "threads" I mean that it will list emails this way:

JL> Who                  Date               Subject
JL> ==================================================================
JL> Joe Smith            12/14/99 04:00     HTML
JL> Bill Jones           12/16/99 12:52      Re: HTML
JL> Jeff Lasman          01/03/00 01:07        Re: HTML
JL> Fred Anderson        12/16/99 17:45       Re: HTML
JL> Jeff Lasman          03/14/00 07:53       Re: HTML
JL> James Argo           11/22/99 13:02     Is this what you mean
JL> Bill Jones           01/13/00 14:59       Re: Is this what you mean

The Bat! can do this. There are 4 different ways to view threads. One of
which  is  referance.  The problem mailers that are not RFC complient eg
M$.

JL> Who                  Date               Subject
JL> ==================================================================
JL> Joe Smith            12/14/99 04:00     HTML
JL> Bill Jones           12/16/99 12:52     Re: HTML
JL> Fred Anderson        12/16/99 17:45     Re: HTML
JL> Jeff Lasman          01/03/00 01:07     Re: HTML
JL> Jeff Lasman          03/14/00 07:53     Re: HTML
JL> James Argo           11/22/99 13:02     Is this what you mean
JL> Bill Jones           01/13/00 14:59     Re: Is this what you mean

I will do it this way if you want.

JL> To  thread  properly, email clients must know how to both create and
JL> use reference headers. It's rare. But quite important. Netscape does
JL> this  admirably.  As  does  Agent. But unfortunately neither of them
JL> handle mutliple personalities.

The Bat! can do all of that even within the same account.

JL> I  don't remember "free" being part of my requirements list. True, I
JL> use a lot of open source software.

The  Bat! is not free you can get a 30 free trial after that it is about
$39  (I  Think).  It will only run on a M$ platform this should not be a
problem as most emails on this list are from an M$ platform.

>>It  will  pick  up  mail  from  loads  of different mailboxes and when
>>creating  mail allows you to select from a number of "From" addresses.
>>If  this  is what you mean by "multiple personalities" perhaps this is
>>the client for you.

You  can  do  this  with  The  Bat!  You can even change the personality
depending  on  which  folder the message is from or who you are replying
to.

JL> Can  it  run multiple "sessions" of Calypso at the same time? That's
JL> an  important  need  to;  I  keep  my  business subdirectories quite
JL> separate from my personal ones.

I  don't  see the reason for this one but there are many ways of setting
it  up.  I have it set up for multiple accounts they each have there own
directory.

JL> I  will, but please let me know of your experience, so I don't waste
JL> my  time  evaluating  software  I'll  end  up not using because of a
JL> specific lack.

The  web site  is http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/ there is a list of some
of it features from the web site.

(1) Unlimited multiple accounts and multiple users
(2) Familiar Explorer-style folders for organizing messages
(3) Easily configurable user interface with message preview option
(4) Process email in the background for all accounts simultaneously
(5) Built-in HTML email viewer and message editor with spell-as-you-go
(6) Fully customizable message templates for maximum flexibility
(7) Powerful filtering for automated message handling
(8) Sophisticated address book for storing all personal information
(9) Unique Mail Ticker? for email notification
(10) Mail Dispatcher for managing email on remote servers
(11) Multi-lingual interface supporting 15 languages on the fly
(12) Support for all PGP versions from 2.6x through 6.5
(13) Import message bases from all major email clients
(14) Many more features for managing email quickly and easily...

-- 
Regards,
 David

davide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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