MkIII_Supra
03-08-2002, 09:38 AM
After trying many E-Mail clients I have finally settled on Sylpheed for the time being and here is why:
For clarity -- when I say Groups, I mean address's that are preselected so I can click on a key word and preload all the recipients without having to select each individual every time. Make sense? Lookout can do it and I found a way in Sylpheed, by using the Templates... but none of the other E-Mail clients seems capable of doing this simple feat!
Evolution: Still to buggy to be used reliably. That and the fact that I can't set up contacts or send and recieve mail is another major issue!
K-Mail: Works but the editor is not refined enough for my tastes. That and trying to create mail groups? Well this is an issue I have had with all the clients I have tried so far.
Postoffice: Nice UI, fast start up but again, buggy and unreliable. I never got the chance to try and set up groups.
Sman: Uh, wouldn't even compile in from source, I am not going to screw with it either. It either compiles and works or it doesn't... it didn't so I rm -Rf the SOB!
Liamail: Fast and light but lacks many of the features I am looking for, which really aren't all that complex. Plus the buggy issue rose it's nasty head... again.
Spruce: Hangs on retrieve mail and send mail, so it's another buggy infestation.
Pine: Great for systems that don't have the GUI set-up and for people that like the simple interface, doesn't suit my needs and I like the pretty buttons! Actually I will admit that once you get used to it Pine is nice but... doesn't fit my bill either.
Gtkmail: Same issue as sman, could not compile from source. Again it either works or I **** can it. I am not going to waste time trying to figure out why **** doesn't work. Hmmm this sounds like 90% of the desktop market users out there!!!
**refer to thread about linux failing as a desktop...**
StarOffice: Works fine but for some odd reason it will choke, and I mean the whole friggin' Office Suite!!! Not just the mail feature. So I have stopped using it for mail. That and I still can't figure out how to create groups.
Anyhow, I am using Sylpheed and other than the Composer still needing better edit and auto correct features as well as auto capitalize, it's a fast and easy to set up client. The other issue I have is with signature set up, it doesn't seem to work. I submitted a bug report. Anyhow, it is also a very fast client. I was totally impressed with it's speed! Load times are within 1-2 seconds of clicking the button.
So far out of all the clients except Pine, Sylpheed is the fastes one I have used. There that's my opinion... :D
For clarity -- when I say Groups, I mean address's that are preselected so I can click on a key word and preload all the recipients without having to select each individual every time. Make sense? Lookout can do it and I found a way in Sylpheed, by using the Templates... but none of the other E-Mail clients seems capable of doing this simple feat!
Evolution: Still to buggy to be used reliably. That and the fact that I can't set up contacts or send and recieve mail is another major issue!
K-Mail: Works but the editor is not refined enough for my tastes. That and trying to create mail groups? Well this is an issue I have had with all the clients I have tried so far.
Postoffice: Nice UI, fast start up but again, buggy and unreliable. I never got the chance to try and set up groups.
Sman: Uh, wouldn't even compile in from source, I am not going to screw with it either. It either compiles and works or it doesn't... it didn't so I rm -Rf the SOB!
Liamail: Fast and light but lacks many of the features I am looking for, which really aren't all that complex. Plus the buggy issue rose it's nasty head... again.
Spruce: Hangs on retrieve mail and send mail, so it's another buggy infestation.
Pine: Great for systems that don't have the GUI set-up and for people that like the simple interface, doesn't suit my needs and I like the pretty buttons! Actually I will admit that once you get used to it Pine is nice but... doesn't fit my bill either.
Gtkmail: Same issue as sman, could not compile from source. Again it either works or I **** can it. I am not going to waste time trying to figure out why **** doesn't work. Hmmm this sounds like 90% of the desktop market users out there!!!
**refer to thread about linux failing as a desktop...**
StarOffice: Works fine but for some odd reason it will choke, and I mean the whole friggin' Office Suite!!! Not just the mail feature. So I have stopped using it for mail. That and I still can't figure out how to create groups.
Anyhow, I am using Sylpheed and other than the Composer still needing better edit and auto correct features as well as auto capitalize, it's a fast and easy to set up client. The other issue I have is with signature set up, it doesn't seem to work. I submitted a bug report. Anyhow, it is also a very fast client. I was totally impressed with it's speed! Load times are within 1-2 seconds of clicking the button.
So far out of all the clients except Pine, Sylpheed is the fastes one I have used. There that's my opinion... :D