OT: Outlook 2000 woes & this list

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:13:40 +0200
"Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke at siemens.com> wrote:

> Am 25 Aug 2005 21:31 meinte Jules Richardson:
> > > >If I double-click on a list message to open in its own window,
> > > >then I get something different yet again - in the From: field
> > > >something like:"cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org; on behalf of;
> > > >Jules Richardson[julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk]"
> 
> > > Real simple go into your address book and find the
> > > "cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org"
> > > entry and delete it.  Somehow you associated that with a CCTALK.
> 
> > If I'd had more setup time before I left the UK the laptop wouldn't
> > be running Windows even :)
> 
> > Thunderbird time I suppose...
> 
> Well, Thunderbird isn't bad, but way to much of an Outlook
> rip off. Including lots of unnecersary or disturbing things.
> And most of all, the bird is quite fat. you'll need some 50+
> MB on your drive just for installation and quite some RAM to
> run it. Not what I'd recommend for a laptop - Except you'll
> you'll have the dough for the latest hardware gadget.
> 
> Gruss
> H.
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For a PC email reader, I would strongly suggest Eudora.  It's not that
big, and it's pretty efficient.  It has filter settings so you can sort
your CCTALK mail automatically into it's own folder.

It's by no means as good as Sylpheed, the mail client I use for this
list.  Sylpheed has the powerful ability to view messages in threads. 
Which makes for a MUCH nicer list-reading experience.  But Sylpheed is
freenix only, I run it on a NetBSD system.  And it's X11 so  you can't
run it in a terminal shell.