OT: Outlook 2000 woes & this list

John Boffemmyer IV john_boffemmyer_iv at boff-net.dhs.org
Sat Aug 27 06:12:36 CDT 2005


See: http://claws.sylpheed.org/win32/
WIN32 port of Sylpheed. Has been in progress some time.
-John Boffemmyer IV

At 08:54 PM 8/26/2005, you wrote:

>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.
> > --
> > VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen
> > http://www.vcfe.org/
> >
>
>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.
>
>
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