Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > Thunderbird is one of the major reasons I have been toying with going back > to Windows as my primary OS on my iMac. It might not be Mozilla's fault > that Apple's APIs aren't easy to use in portable code, or it might, but > Thunderbird is another one for those who care. It's well-supported, > standards-compliant, and with the right add-ins, is basically > feature-complete. It's not accessible on the Mac. I use this for list > participation in places where etiquette is important. >
It reportedly works well with Orca under Linux too, but I prefer Mutt. > As for Gmail users determined to stay on Mail.app, you could try setting up > OfflineIMAP. That is rumoured to be a great help with performance, but the > setup of OfflineIMAP isn't the easiest thing in the world to do. People > wishing to attempt it should express some sort of interest, and we'll take a > look at it. > I just checked - it's available in HomeBrew, which includes a Launchd configuration to start it up when you log into OS X. > As Jason said, one of the easiest and most effective solutions to handle > switchovers is purchasing a domain. Most registrars will forward mail for > your domain to another mailbox, or else you can use a dedicated provider > such as Fastmail or Runbox. These two also offer standard accounts at their > domains too, of course, and are all standards-compliant IMAP/SMTP/POP3. > Sadly, there was a time when I vowed for a simpler life, and now if I want > to switch again it will have to be manually, from iCloud. You can also go to a provider such as linode.com, set up a Linux server instance and host your own mail, DNS and other services there. In this case, you're in complete control of everything. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
