Re[2]: Email Clients (Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)

[David Elliott <DavidE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

On  15  March  2000 at 12:05:14 GMT -0800 (which was about 20:05 where I
live)  Jeff  Lasman  <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote about "Email Clients
(Was: RE: [cobalt-users] HTML)" and made these points:

JL> I  didn't  write  the above line; you did. It should have been above
JL> the "On 15 Marhc" line <smile>.

When I said new I mean 3 hours only. (PS your spelling is as bad as mine
<grin>)

>>(1) Is this off topic ? (as I am new to this list I don't know)

JL> Probably.  So feel free to not reply.

If you keep asking, I will keep replying we can always move it off list.

JL> However,  I don't think information about how to best read a mailing
JL> list  is  offtopic on the mailing list. But who am I to say. I defer
JL> to your better judgement <very big smile>.

It's  always  personal judgement (this is what moderators are for and to
DH threads).

JL> I  hope,  that  if  the  default  is  to put in the "JL >" it can be
JL> changed to a simple ">> " which is more standard.

I find that this is far better when you are looking at some threads that
have gone up to 5 deep. Some of the lists that I am on have gone over 15
deep.  In  this  case  it  is nice to see who said what. I will find out
though.  I  have only be using The Bat! for 6 months so I have not found
all of its features.

JL> It's  a  problem  in  the long run; I AM trying to switch to a linux
JL> platform in house. But for the moment I'm still on MSWin98/NT.

I  am  actually  going to port all my work from my laptop (NT server) to
Linux but I will run VMWare just to run some winblows stuff.

JL> I  gave  the reason, but I'll reiterate it and explain further: It's
JL> so  I  can  keep  my  business subdirectories quite separate from my
JL> personal  ones.  My  business  subdirectories  are  on one drive, my
JL> personal  subdirectories on another (has to do with making backups).
JL> I  know  of  no client that can keep disparate subdirectory trees on
JL> disparate  drives.  If The Bat! or Calypso can do so, then that most
JL> likely  eliminates  my need for separate instances. However, I spend
JL> hours not even starting my instance of Eudora that reads my personal
JL> email, while the instance that reads my business is always on.

Explanation understood.
You  can create different accounts on different drives. Each account you
can  set  to  get its mail via a different transport method at different
times or only on demand.

JL> I  will  NOT  use  HTML email. Neither should anyone else. That's my
JL> story and I'm sticking to it <smile>.

That  makes two of us. The Bat! will read HTML email if you want (I have
it switched off) but will not send them. If any one sends me mail that I
can  not  read  due  to HTML encoding I ask them politely (sometimes) to
stop and do it in a proper format. i.e one that complies with RFC's.

JL> But how about the ones I need <smile>...

I can't read minds!!

One  very good reason for not using M$ is a number of VBS virus that are
around. <very big smile>(Want One <Hee Hee>)

-- 
Regards,
 David

davide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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