On 31/5/21 4:24 am, Bret Busby wrote:
On 31/5/21 2:29 am, fxkl47BF wrote:
for a few decades i have used pine/alpine.
i'm considering a new mail application.
there are more out there than you can shake a stick at.
what are your thoughts of thunderbird.
I use thunderbird for skimming through incoming email before downloading
it, to deal with messages that may need quick responses, but thunderbird
often crashes, sometimes causing system crashes, because of malicious
javascripts in it "error - unresponsive script" - which happens every
day or so, if the application is not closed immediately after skimming
through the new incoming messages. And, as said, it can cause system
crashes. It is quick and very dirty.
I also use claws mail for one account, that rarely has traffic. But,
claws mail is not easy to use, in terms of transferring messages from
one installation to another; its folder management is not very good.
I use alpine, and have been using alpine, and, before that, pine, for
about thirty years. I was using it before the Internet existed. I have
not found any email application that is as powerful, sturdy, and
reliable, as alpine/pine, and, alpine/pine is the safest email
application, insofar as I am aware.
Oh, and, in case you are not already aware, the two thunderbird mailing
lists apparently comprise of users only, whereas the alpine mailing list
includes the developer, who is active on the list, and, seeks input from
users, including for prospective changes, whereas some of the changes
that are proposed for thunderbird, are simply "like it or lump it - this
is what we will do / have done", and, intended changes to be implemented
in the next version of thunderbird, are not wanted, by a number of
current thunderbird users.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............
