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Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

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On 8/15/23 12:13, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 16/8/23 00:43, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI 
>> has been slowly been changed.
>> lately I have been struggling with that, trying to get it to be My 
>> Way. Minor success.
>>
>> also the .msf files have gotten Huge and that hinders rapid and easy 
>> backups.
>>
>> In the process I would like to do some housekeeping, fix a few 
>> filters and rearrange my copious folders.
>>
>> Question: do you folks recommend migrating to Claws Mail?
>> the initial look and feel seems to be familiar and comfortable, but I 
>> know little of the history and stability.
>>
>> secondly, will I be missing the basic features such as Filters?
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>>
>
> I use both email applications, separately for different email accounts.
>
> I use claws mail for a minor email account, in which I may get one or 
> two (or, if spammed, more) messages, each month.
>
> I use Thunderbird for my primary email account, which can get many (a 
> hundred, or, hundreds, depending on what is happening)messages, each day.
>
> My use of Thunderbird, is basically as a webmail kind of application, 
> over which, I have more control, than over something like horde or 
> roundcube (that has been imposed to replace horde). At the end of each 
> month (or, more frequently, depending on the number of messages left 
> after preliminary sifting out of chaff), I download my incoming email, 
> using the most powerful email application that I have encountered, 
> alpine, that was evolved from pine. All my download email filtering, 
> is done using alpine, with hundreds of filters, each with up to a 
> couple of hundred different field values. I have several hundred or 
> more, folders, for storing my downloaded messages, with some folders 
> being archived on a monthly basis, depending on the usual volume of 
> messages in each folder. My mail folder (the mail messages folder for 
> alpine), is somewhere around 20GB, and contains messages up to about 
> 20 years old.
>
> Claws mail has an official users mailing list, which, I believe, is 
> hosted and administered by the application developer, who also answers 
> queries on the list.
>
> Thunderbird email has no official users mailing list, but has two 
> unofficial users mailing lists, hosted on groups.io, with a different 
> priority for each mailing list, and, each of those lists, is run by 
> volunteers, with no support on those lists, from Thunderbird or its 
> developers. 

> Thunderbird developers, and, the Thunderbird organisation, have yet to 
> adapt to using email (it is a bit like the oxymoron "military 
> intelligence", as referenced by the character played by Danny de Vito 
> in the movie of that name - Thunderbird developers and the Thunderbird 
> organisation, have so little regard for email, that they do not 
> provide official users mailing lists, for announcements, providing 
> support, etc - some of the operating systems, on which email 
> applications run, such as Debian, and Ubuntu, are far more adept at 
> using email - the Thunderbird organisation, has yet to come to terms 
> with the use of email).
I find the lack of a mailing list rather ironic.
>
> Oh, and, alpine has an official mailing list, involving the developer 
> of alpine, who also provides answers to queries (and, considers 
> development suggestions) made on that list.
>
> So, the Thunderbird organisation is a bit backward...
>
> ..
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
>
>

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Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2023-08-15 19:10 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Marco <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-08-15 19:20 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-08-15 20:40 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-15 21:20 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2023-08-15 21:50 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-15 23:30 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Frank Lanitz <frank@frank.uvena.de> - 2023-08-29 20:30 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2023-08-19 16:10 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-19 16:30 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 04:30 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2023-08-19 16:20 +0200
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    Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-11-18 20:30 +0100
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        Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-11-19 13:10 +0100
      Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-11-19 05:40 +0100
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