Re: The Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client

Mikael Hansen (by way of Micronet mailing list administrator) wrote:

> I would certainly be most interested in hearing of some of the
> weirdnessess that you have encountered in Eudora, especially if they
> are present in version 6.0.2.
>
> Using a browser for e-mail is not a favorite of mine, in part because
> I can't tell which e-mails are new since the last time I checked my
> e-mail; read vs unread is not an option as I don't read all of my
> e-mails. I don't have the problem In Eudora, because when I leave my
> office, I can simply close all windows, and when I return, all open
> windows indicate where to look for new mail. Web pages are too
> one-dimensional for that!

Are you referring to Thunderbird when you say "using a browser for
e-mail"? Thunderbird *is* an email client, just like Eudora. It's not a
web browser--the web browser counterpart is "Mozilla Firebird." And
regarding the issue of read vs unread mail, I have the exact same issue
and with IMAP (haven't used POP in years, so I don't really know),
Thunderbird works just fine. The window format is different, as there
is one rooted window that has all of your folders in it. New vs simply
unread messages are differentiated by a different appearance of the mail
icon for each message and you can temporarily filter on that status.
You may still decide that the Eudora UI is nicer, but don't dismiss
Thunderbird based on the impression that it's a web browser.

I agree with your point about webmail in general, though.

michael

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Received on Wed Dec 17 18:34:02 2003