25 Oct
2011
25 Oct
'11
8:10 a.m.
On 25 October 2011 02:42, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
I sympathise - before I went to Gmail, I was a keen Mozilla email
user. I too have a large email archive, going back to 1995 or so. I
preferred Thunderbird+Firefox, as that way, if my email client was
busy chewing on a large folder, my web browser was still usable and
didn't freeze up. (And /vice versa/.)
If you really like the integrated email+web suite, though, would you
not be better off with Seamonkey these days?
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Netscape 7.2 is /very/ old, has not been updated in years & I am sure
it must struggle with many modern websites. Seamonkey is, IMHO, much
more pleasant in comparison.
Fred Cisin
wrote:
I am changing my opinion on Outlook.
I just experienced the State Farm Insurance "Secure Messaging Center".
In comparison, Outhouse is MAGNIFICENT!
For example, the State Farm system will not permit cc'ing an email address
outside of their system (my own!). ?What's so frigging secret about an
insurance claim??
The State Farm system times out after 15 minutes while composing a
message. ?When it times out, there is NO warning. ?No "1 minute until
doom". ?No "want to extend/continue?". No "want to save?" ?No
automatic
save of compositions in progress! ?Their "systems programmers" have told
them that their hands are tied, and that it isn't possible to implement
those "features"!
When I first started using PINE, I wasn't completely satisfied. ?But each
"Modern" system that I've tried has made me appreciate it more. ? And this
State Farm system makes Outhouse look good.
I have been using Netscape 7.2 for about 10 years and Netscape 4.? before
that.
I still find it has more features and works better than Outlook. How does PINE compare to Netscape 7.2 and would I be
able
to retain my mountain (over 100,000) of e-mails and Usenet posts?
PINE is fine but it is a fairly basic, console-mode app. It will seem
Spartan indeed compared even to an elderly FOSS Netscape.
I believe that Mutt is the console-mode email client of choice for
most people these days. Me, I like my GUI too much, I'm afraid.
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