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| From | Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! |
| Date | 2014-02-06 20:51 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ld0skk$eqs$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 06/02/2014 17:14, Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2014-02-06, Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 05/02/2014 21:49, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2014.02.05, 13:02 , Alan Ralph wrote: >>>> On 05/02/2014 17:43, android wrote: >>>>> FYI: I decided to check out my T-Bird today. The one that I hid from >>>>> daddy ;-PPP and was notified of a recent upgrade!!! >>>>> >>>>> FUC: http://tinyurl.com/n9zyvtt >>>> >>>> I've been using Thunderbird for the best part of a year now - I just >>>> couldn't get Apple Mail to play nice with GMail, whereas Thunderbird >>>> just works. Plus, it does a better job of Usenet newsgroups than Unison >>>> can manage. >>> >>> I use POP with Apple Mail for Gmail. >>> >>> No issues other than sometimes when I'm VPN-ing into the US and odd >>> things occur with the password. >> >> I used IMAP instead, which is where the fun & games started. Not only >> did I get multiple copies of emails - unless you go into GMail and >> exclude the All Mail and some other folders from IMAP view - but I would >> also get frequent error messages in Apple Mail caused by too many IMAP >> requests to GMail. Reducing the number of folders / labels synced via >> IMAP helped reduce the frequency of the complaints, but didn't remove >> them entirely. >> >> (I went with IMAP because I also like to check my email with Apple's iOS >> Mail app on the iPhone and iPad.) > > I use Gmail IMAP with Apple Mail with no problems. Well, I'm glad to hear it works for you. *shrug* As it is, I'm now a happy Thunderbird user, and gradually cutting down my reliance on GMail. I should add that Thunderbird does a great job of bulk-moving old emails to my new account and to local storage. :) Alan
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The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-05 18:43 +0100
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 18:02 +0000
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-05 19:17 +0100
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 16:49 -0500
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 16:49 +0000
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-06 17:14 +0000
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 20:51 +0000
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 16:47 -0500
Re: The Thunderbirds ain't extinct!!! android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-06 05:40 +0100
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