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From: Steve Hodgson on 5 Mar 2010 18:20 On 2010-03-05 19:43:53 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: > Due to Mac-iPhone syncing issues, I'm very reluctantly thinking about > dropping PowerMail (after 9 years) because of the IMAP shortcomings > discussed in various previous threads. > > I'm not keen on Mail, partly from previous experience (though I'm sure > it's improving all the time), but also because I don't like being too > tied into the Apple ecosystem. So far the most interesting alternative > looks to be GyazMail, but it seems to be the work of a single developer, > which is a little worrying. > > Then there's Thunderbird, but god it's ugly... > > Any opinions? Also any gotchas about migrating a POP archive to IMAP > would be gratefully received. > > I suppose one benefit of moving to IMAP is that it's easier to chop and > change amongst clients, so I'm prepared to experiment a bit, but it'd be > nice not to drag it out :) I've, unfortunately, not found anything better than Mail. I do think it has many shortcomings though. I'm holding out for Letters.app, the possible open source IMAP mail client from Brent Simmons, Gus Mueller and John Gruber. If there is anything better count me in! -- Cheers, Steve The reply-to email address is a spam trap. Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk
From: D.M. Procida on 6 Mar 2010 08:43 Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > Due to Mac-iPhone syncing issues, I'm very reluctantly thinking about > dropping PowerMail (after 9 years) because of the IMAP shortcomings > discussed in various previous threads. If you do, please let CTM know. I too badly need better IMAP support in PowerMail, and anything that helps encourage them... Daniele
From: Adrian on 6 Mar 2010 10:02 Postbox? http://www.postbox-inc.com
From: Chris Ridd on 6 Mar 2010 10:26 On 2010-03-06 15:02:41 +0000, Adrian said: > Postbox? > > http://www.postbox-inc.com That's just a warmed over Thunderbird. -- Chris
From: Chris Ridd on 6 Mar 2010 10:28
On 2010-03-06 14:39:36 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: > Steve Hodgson <hamrun(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm holding out for Letters.app, the possible open source IMAP mail >> client from Brent Simmons, Gus Mueller and John Gruber. > > Me too, but it's got to be a long way off atm. Very much so. I suspect (and fear) it isn't going to happen, because none of them know how to organize a project with more than 1 developer. Also they don't understand IMAP and SMTP fully. -- Chris |