Ah, I used to use Emacs with VM for all my email and Gnus for my newsreader. Those were the days...tux. wrote:After having dropped Thunderbird due to its vast amount of annoying bugs (especially when it comes to OpenPGP support via Enigmail), I've switched to The Bat! and never have looked back. Sylpheed (as a free alternative) is OK but ugly.
On UNIX systems I use Emacs with Gnus.
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I use Postbox and like it very much. I ask very little from an email program but Postbox solved a very serious problem for me. I used only SeaMonkey for my browser/email before and really liked it UNTIL a version change came along which caused the font to change as I was typing away and since I am not a typist and have to look at the keys, I never see the problem until I look at the screen.
This was a well known problem but many users have never experienced it. There were actually two forums that discussed this problem and there were additions every day. Someone suggested that I try Thunderbird and my second line of my first email displayed the problem. SeaMonkey and Thunderbird are cousins and their DNA is now the same.
Anyway, along came Postbox, I tried it and liked it because there was no font changing so I bought it. I think it was 40 or 50 U.S. dollars but I felt it was worth it. Now they practically give it away. Like XY, the license is good for all of my computers and like XY I only use about 1% of the program's capabilities.
For me, it was a great find.
This was a well known problem but many users have never experienced it. There were actually two forums that discussed this problem and there were additions every day. Someone suggested that I try Thunderbird and my second line of my first email displayed the problem. SeaMonkey and Thunderbird are cousins and their DNA is now the same.
Anyway, along came Postbox, I tried it and liked it because there was no font changing so I bought it. I think it was 40 or 50 U.S. dollars but I felt it was worth it. Now they practically give it away. Like XY, the license is good for all of my computers and like XY I only use about 1% of the program's capabilities.
For me, it was a great find.
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I'm on the Postbox train, too.
Bought it when they threw it away for 10 bucks
Bought it when they threw it away for 10 bucks
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And I was sick when they did that. It was about 31 days after I bought it.highend wrote:I'm on the Postbox train, too.
Bought it when they threw it away for 10 bucks
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Yeah, pretty unfair to do it without any prior announcement.It was about 31 days after I bought it.
Unfortunately development has ceased over the last year but the software itself is quite stable and does what it should.
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I agree. As I mentioned, although it has more features than I will ever use, it's the only email program that I am happy with.highend wrote:Yeah, pretty unfair to do it without any prior announcement.It was about 31 days after I bought it.
Unfortunately development has ceased over the last year but the software itself is quite stable and does what it should.
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Currently on em Client...
Sogo connector doesn't work with Postbox (even after editing the install.rdf file) so there is no CardDAV sync available for it *damn*
em Client pros:
Excellent inbuilt CalDAV / CardDAV support
I'm using Fruux as my Calendar / Contacts / Tasks provider and syncing those things is really a snap
Cons:
No conversation view *sigh* Planned since years...
No quick reply (from inside a message)
Can't be started into the system tray directly
Aliases aren't as sophisticated as in TB / Postbox
Why on earth isn't there a perfect e-mail client for Windows?
Sogo connector doesn't work with Postbox (even after editing the install.rdf file) so there is no CardDAV sync available for it *damn*
em Client pros:
Excellent inbuilt CalDAV / CardDAV support
I'm using Fruux as my Calendar / Contacts / Tasks provider and syncing those things is really a snap
Cons:
No conversation view *sigh* Planned since years...
No quick reply (from inside a message)
Can't be started into the system tray directly
Aliases aren't as sophisticated as in TB / Postbox
Why on earth isn't there a perfect e-mail client for Windows?
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There is. The Bat!.
No Google Calendar support but that's not what a mail client should do.
No Google Calendar support but that's not what a mail client should do.
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Interesting. And the reason why an e-mail client shouldn't be able to create / syncNo Google Calendar support but that's not what a mail client should do.
calendars / contacts / tasks is?
I have multiple devices and I need these things in sync and as much integrated as possible...
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... that my e-mails have nothing to do with my schedule. Why would I want to integrate them?
Rainlendar serves me well for syncing calendars.
Rainlendar serves me well for syncing calendars.
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Obviously there isn't any reason...
(and I schedule events from my e-mails^^)
(and I schedule events from my e-mails^^)
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Postbox 4 is out now.tux. wrote:Pay for dead software? Well, your choice.
I am still using "dead" version 3 and lovin' it.
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