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From: Gerry (The MOTH) on 31 Mar 2008 06:24

<myemail.an(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I currently use RitLab's Voyager as an email client: it is the
> portable version of The Bat Pro, i.e. it runs from a USB key and can
> be used on any PC without installation.
>
> It's a windows program, because I use my email on the move, on a
> number of different computers, almost all of which are Windows (and I
> have no control over this).
>
> At home I have Ubuntu, and I run Voyager through Wine. It runs ok, but
> the graphical interface is really horrible with Wine, and the text is
> too light, making it a bit hard to read. I could run it through a
> virtualized version of Windows in Virtualbox, but it'd seem like using
> a nuclear weapon to kill a mosquito :)
>
> Do you have any suggestions on
> - how to run Voyager better in Linux, e.g. improving the graphics and
> colours?
> - a valid alternative on a portable email client which could run on
> both Windows and Linux?
>
> I know there are a number of great email clients for Linux, but I need
> a portable one which runs on Windows machines, too.
>
> I know there is a portable version of thunderbird for Windows, but as
> far as I know there isn't one for Linux. Plus, I'm not sure profile
> data would be compatible in Linux and Windows: I tried to use the same
> profile folder for both my Linux and Windows installation of Firefox,
> and it screwed everything up.
>
> Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I can run portableapps on WinXP and Ubuntu (via Wine) to use portable
Thunderbird.

--
Gerry (The MOTH)
Website: http://nokiAAddict.com


From: myemail.an on 31 Mar 2008 08:39

> I can run portableapps on WinXP and Ubuntu (via Wine) to use portable
> Thunderbird.

Are stability and speed ok running it with Wine?

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