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On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Brad Rogers wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:42:43 +0100 (BST) >> Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Gordon, >> >>> However I've sort of ruled out Claws. >> >> JOOI, why? > > Mostly because off it's hooks & reliance on palm integration & bluetooth, > which I just don't think is right... also, I won't need it's filtering > because I'm going to do that completely independant of the MUA. > > And, as it's yet another outlook clone, and so if that's what I have to use, > then I have a wide choice... > > Once I get the filtering sorted out, then I may even stick to alpine. > > But the filtering is key. here I am now in the middle of Wiltshire, able to > email and very quickly check/search, etc and all I have is a 2G > connection... (ssh to server & run pine) > > Gordon I use CM and have done for many years (well, it was previously Sylpheed, then Sylpheed-Claws and now Claws-Mail). I too personally dislike the Outlookesque view... so I just disabled it. I found it works well over a 2G connection to an IMAP server (Google, in this instance) - obv. 3.5G is nicer though. :D Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html