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Re: Email Clients (Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)
- Subject: Re: Email Clients (Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Mar 15 12:05:24 2000
At 07:38 PM 3/15/00 +0000, you wrote:
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.
I didn't write the above line; you did. It should have been above the "On
15 Marhc" line <smile>.
(1) Is this off topic ? (as I am new to this list I don't know)
Probably. So feel free to not reply.
However, I don't think information about how to best read a mailing list is
offtopic on the mailing list. But who am I to say. I defer to your better
judgement <very big smile>.
(2) I use The Bat! for my email. Please note my comments below.
Okay.
JL> At 08:37 AM 3/15/00 +0000, you wrote:
I hope, that if the default is to put in the "JL >" it can be changed to a
simple "> " which is more standard.
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$.
And Eudora <frown>.
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.
Good <smile>.
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's a problem in the long run; I AM trying to switch to a linux platform
in house. But for the moment I'm still on MSWin98/NT.
>>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.
So far so good.
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.
I gave the reason, but I'll reiterate it and explain further: It's so I
can keep my business subdirectories quite separate from my personal
ones. My business subdirectories are on one drive, my personal
subdirectories on another (has to do with making backups). I know of no
client that can keep disparate subdirectory trees on disparate drives. If
The Bat! or Calypso can do so, then that most likely eliminates my need for
separate instances. However, I spend hours not even starting my instance
of Eudora that reads my personal email, while the instance that reads my
business is always on.
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
Only if (5) is optional. I will NOT use HTML email. Neither should anyone
else. That's my story and I'm sticking to it <smile>.
(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
Which should be pretty easy, since all major email clients use unix-style
mail files.
(14) Many more features for managing email quickly and easily...
But how about the ones I need <smile>...
I'll try it.
Jeff
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David
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