On Sunday, April 23, 2017 3:42:40 PM PDT Nick wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:39:35 -0700 > > Shawn Sörbom <sh...@sorbom.com> wrote: > > On Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:19:22 PM PDT Nick wrote: > > > JFTR, one alternative to Kmail might be 'Trojita' [1] > > > - I haven't (yet) tried it, and it's not a KDE program, > > > but it _is_ part of the KDE family, professionally > > > developed, looks nice, well-liked and is pure-Qt > > > so it fits well into a KDE environment. > > > The only "downside" is that it's IMAP-only. > > > > > > [1] http://trojita.flaska.net/ > > [...] > > > Subjectively, it feels fast, which I like. > > Great :) ... I've also read other folks comments to that effect ... > > > However, I noticed that it does not appear to have > > threading support, which I use a lot for mailing lists. > > Um ... me too, but maybe you mean something different from the simple > ability to show the component emails of a conversation in a branching > structure that keeps replies grouped with the messages they replied to > and which reflects the chronological sequence of the discussion ? > > Otherwise, the first screenshot at > http://trojita.flaska.net/screenshots.html appears to show > properly threaded messages ... > > > Lack of POP3 support is also an issue for anybody who > > prefers reading local copies of their mail. > > Agreed. Most ISPs limit how much email you can leave on their > mailservers, and how long it can stay there ... so unless we each set up > our own local mail-handling facilities (e.g. some spare box running > fetchmail and Dovecot/Courier), which we then access via IMAP, then lack > of POP3 is a show-stopper (other than for users who use only > IMAP-accessible "unlimited storage" free webmail addresses). > > I don't know what the Trojita author's wishes are for handling of > other mail protocols but if s/he would accept a patch then it might be > possible to bolt on the POP3 engine from some other open-source email > client. I'll try to make time to look into that. > > > The addressbook feature is somewhat lacking. There > > doesn't seem to be any ability to import contacts. > > Ah .. that would also be a major problem. > > > it is a nice lightweight alternative if you don't mind > > those limitations > > Thanks for taking the trouble to try it out and post a review. > > Cheers > Nick
There is a sorting menu item that includes the option to thread messages, but all of the advanced sorting options are greyed out... At least this is the case with the package I linked to. I am curious if the issue is merely due to a build flag that was disabled.
