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Re: MailForge dead

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: MailForge dead
Date 2014-01-18 16:45 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <180120141645449537%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <170120141521578533%timstreater@greenbee.net> <1lfmryf.ipgjhnrumfuoN%dont.spam.usenet@googlemail.com> <170120141859231307%timstreater@greenbee.net> <1lfnvnk.5kdc3iuc7jsN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net> <vilain-D0ECB3.13122618012014@news.individual.net>

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In article <vilain-D0ECB3.13122618012014@news.individual.net>, Michael
Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In contrast, Sparrow, which still works on MacOS even thought it was 
> bought by Google, ONLY uses IMAP, which was why I threw it out within 5 
> minutes of using it.

why do you not like imap? it's much better than pop and can do
everything pop can do and more.

> The space for mail clients is sadly very limited. There's a LOT of work 
> that goes into making one that's functional and deals with attachments, 
> spam, IMAP, POP, and works on multiple versions of various platforms.

yes there is, which is why they all have problems in one way or another.

i picked apple mail because it sucked the least out of everything i
tried, and i tried quite a few. one reason was that the company that
made it isn't going to suddenly discontinue it. 

> I used Thunderbird when I was stuck on a Linux box for a couple weeks. 
> It was OK. Everyone has their own version of "I'll never use THAT".  
> Well, now there's one less of THAT.

thunderbird's interface makes using pine look good.

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MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-16 10:13 +0000
  Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-17 09:50 +1100
    Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 00:19 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:37 +1100
      Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-18 15:06 -0800
        Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-18 23:43 +0000
          Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-18 16:45 -0800
          Re: MailForge dead Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-18 20:31 -0500
            Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-19 09:33 -0800
          Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-20 15:45 +1100
            Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-22 08:56 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 01:42 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-22 15:23 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 09:56 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 16:26 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 10:02 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 23:19 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg) - 2014-01-23 20:03 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-23 18:19 -0500
              Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-06-18 15:55 +1000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-18 19:53 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 02:58 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 03:14 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-18 22:45 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead billy@MIX.COM - 2014-06-19 10:34 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-19 21:18 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 16:13 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 16:02 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-19 21:20 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 16:15 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead cvb@compuserve.com - 2014-01-31 00:56 -0800
        Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-31 10:08 +0000
    Re: MailForge dead peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) - 2014-01-17 07:23 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:50 +1100
        Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:52 +1100
        Re: MailForge dead peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) - 2014-01-19 10:39 +0000
        Re: MailForge dead kmorgan@spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) - 2014-01-21 13:57 -0900
      Re: MailForge dead kmorgan@spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) - 2014-01-21 13:57 -0900
      Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 10:33 +0100
        Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-31 12:37 +0000
          Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 21:16 +0100
            Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-01 17:02 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-02-02 00:12 +0100
    Re: MailForge dead dont.spam.usenet@googlemail.com (Hauke Fath) - 2014-01-17 14:37 +0100
      Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 15:21 +0000
        Re: MailForge dead dont.spam.usenet@googlemail.com (Hauke Fath) - 2014-01-17 19:03 +0100
          Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 18:59 +0000
            Re: MailForge dead dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-01-18 10:48 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-18 13:12 -0800
                Re: MailForge dead nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-18 16:45 -0500
                Re: MailForge dead snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2014-02-03 22:46 +0000

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