Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:12:57 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pick a mail client for my wife Message-ID: <40801419.5060707@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0404160731570.6619-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0404160731570.6619-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>My wife has been using sylpheed for over a year.
>
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>What should she try? It needs to be a friendly, point-and-click GUI
>interface. Hopefully lightweight without needs for KDE, QT3, nor GNOME
>libraries (but maybe that is not possible).
>
>Evolution?
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>Thunderbird?
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I like Mozilla mail well enough. If this bird flies
like Mozilla, it might work. [But doesn't it require
glib, gtk, pango? ]
Possible drawbacks:
* I'm experience what might be a bug, or at
least bad config: when certain users post
to the lists (Oriental sounding names, generally)
Mozilla mail hangs and then all of Mozilla exits.
Does your wife correspond with anyone in China? ;-)
* The spam filter is *excellent*. But, as with all
such bells/whistles, every once in a while it gets
too smart, and deletes a message from someone
whom I like, but who isn't too smart about what
might get caught in a Baynesian filter (re: Hi,
Kevin!! How's the family!!!) etc.
If there are any other aggravations from this client,
they'll likely be no worse, on any count, than using
Lookout Expense. I can't comment on it's compliance
with Greg Lehey's etiquette list, but it doesn't seem
to offend too badly....
My $.02,
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
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