Re: [SLUG] Threaded email software

From: Ian Blenke (icblenke@nks.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 14:27:35 EDT


Tevfik Yucek wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 01:46:09AM -0400, Dylan William Hardison wrote:
>
>
>>Spake Steve on Thursday, June 03, 2004 at 01:16AM -0400:
>>
>>
>>>I'm curious how many here have threaded vs non threaded email software.
>>>
>>>Please answer with name of the software too.
>>>
>>>This will give a bit more insight into how widespread it is, or even known and
>>>or used. It might even be available under typical windows apps too.
>>>
>>>I use kmail, which needless to say after my posts, does support threads.
>>>
>>>
>>I use Mutt, which has very good thread support too.
>>It also has an break thread function, I can correct my thread-view
>>when someone replies to something to start a new topic...
>>
>>Mutt is text based, too, so I can check my mail remotely via ssh.
>>
>>
>
>I converted to mutt after I've read the following in the mutt.org:
>
> "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less."
> -- circa 1995
>
>Later, I realize how true was the above sentence.
>
>
I'm also a mutt fan. My home email is read with mutt; my work email with
Thunderbird.

Evolution wasn't stable nor fast enough a year ago to really use - it
might be worth giving another try.
Apple's iMail simply doesn't cut it for me.
I tried kmail for a while - it was about as stable as Mozilla, though
not as fast with mail load.
Mozilla still wasn't fast enough for my needs, and was somewhat unstable
at times.

Thunderbird is quickly becoming my mail client of choice. It appears
"fast enough", and it rarely crashes.

Mutt is 100% stable, and blindingly fast when run against a local mail
spool.

Why can't someone make a 100% stable GUI MUA with usable speed for a
heavy email workload?

- Ian

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