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On 16/12/2021 18:26, Neil wrote: > For a long time now I have used Thunderbird for emails. Fine. Recently > on one of my computers I installed the latest version of MX. So I now > have version 78.13 of TB. What on earth have they done? It has become > much more difficult to use, and some things no longer work, > > So I thought to look at some others. In the past I have used Sylpheed > and Claws Mail among others. So I decided to have a look at Claws. It > used to be very easy to set up and use. Now, with version 4, what a > mess. I cannot get it to work as I want it. > > So today I tried Evolution. It seems better than the others, although it > is the first time I have ever looked at it. > > So, I am asking for any suggestions and/or advice. I use IMAP, and I > have several accounts. I do quite a lot of filtering too. Anyone have > any recommendations please? > > Neil > I use Thunderbird 78.13 on openSUSE LEAP, seems little has changed in the 15 or so odd years I have used it. I use both POP3 and IMAP instances of about 19 email addresses in one screen. (POP3 as I must have a "personal stored copy of emails" for some instances for legal reasons, (Liability & financial insurance etc.) Thus I have a copy ex TB in relevant document area and the back up POP3 on TB. I work on the IMAP versions with the POP3 left to accumulate. It is noticeable that ISP does not store emails readable by IMAP back over the relevant number of years (1990 to today). They destroy at about 7 ~ 9 years. So the POP3 ancient version and the document file version cover my requirements. Longest retention is insurance cover documents (personal injury) where UK law requires storage for 40 years. There I also have paper copies in two locations. About 2000 was major switch from postal mail to email for many of my correspondents in West. Doing work in petrochemical, oil, chemical and nuclear industry documentation is 'a thing' (especially where five Russian nuclear plants are involved, last was for Sochi Winter Olympic games (non-nuclear). Laugh: power was available only 3 weeks before opening, it was a close run thing.). About 7 filters used overall email addresses, but of course the primary filter for liability problems is the email address itself, usually created project specific on my own domain. I find Thunderbird very good. Not so enamoured with Evolution or Kmail or Claws Mail. Reserve set of emails kept on another machine using other mail clients. -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq