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Date:      Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:41:48 +0100
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: thunderbird replacement
Message-ID:  <201006201441.48351.bruce@cran.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilaWwiM-_1bdn7rKxaAhUk9-p5zsBMovWUQfsLw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <AANLkTilaWwiM-_1bdn7rKxaAhUk9-p5zsBMovWUQfsLw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sunday 20 June 2010 13:28:44 Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is just
> doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters).... I use
> xfce4 on 8.1-PRERELEASE (updated and portmaster -Rafd'ed about 3 weeks
> ago).... I am looking for a good replacement suggestions.... here are
> the minimal features I need:
> 
> * Gmail support
> * Filtering (either internal or via external tool)
> * Multiple accounts (2)
> * Ability to send via local sendmail (my ISP blocks incoming port 25
> thats why I am using gmail)
> * Handle over 1000 messages a day
> * (optional) Plain text archives (unlike how Thunderbird does it)

I'd recommend Claws Mail as a replacement for Thunderbird - I've found it 
easier to use than Thunderbird 3 and it seems to understand more about mailing 
lists than Thunderbird, which is nice. There's also a win32 port available, so 
you even have a decent mail client on Windows too.

-- 
Bruce Cran



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