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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