— Kiran Jonnalagadda’s Blog

Monday, February 21, 2005

Bye bye, Thunderbird. I won’t miss you.

thaths — Feb 21, 2005 7:12:33 PM — # ↩

Oh no. Why?
- sriramb — Feb 21, 2005 7:19:33 PM — # ↩
  
  Thunderbird on a Mac sucks big time. i've switched to using a web-based mail system on the Mac until i find a better email client.
  - ravi — Feb 21, 2005 10:02:09 PM — # ↩
    
    What webmail client are you using? After using gmail, I can't touch anything else with a bargepole.
    - sriramb — Feb 21, 2005 10:08:29 PM — # ↩
      
      gmail. i also use something called bluemail for pop/imap access for some of my accounts
amunix — Feb 21, 2005 7:17:52 PM — # ↩

What better than Thunderbird have you come up with ?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Feb 21, 2005 8:17:44 PM — # ↩
  
  Apple Mail. Same client I was using before.
  - amunix — Feb 23, 2005 11:09:48 AM — # ↩
    
    One needs to have a Mac to use it I guess. :( I have to stick to TB on Windows XP - it is definitely better than Outlook. :)
    
    BTW, any suggestions for a better and free email client on Windows XP, other than TB ?
    - Kiran Jonnalagadda — Feb 23, 2005 2:53:35 PM — # ↩
      
      The last time I used Windows, Outlook Express was the only client with proper support for IMAP. Everything else sucked. I have no idea what the scene is like currently.
- satyap — Feb 21, 2005 8:29:18 PM — # ↩
  
  mutt.
  
  I was using Evolution for a couple of years, until the suckage got to me (no keyboard shortcuts for previous and next message? wtf?).
  - sriniram — Feb 21, 2005 10:27:42 PM — # ↩
    
    Gnus on all platforms seems to do the trick.
    - skarra — Feb 22, 2005 10:30:53 AM — # ↩
      
      Amen. Some radiant soul once said, "Forget about writing portable makefiles. Use a portable make instead". That applies equally well for most bread and butter tools of our trade. Emacs is one helluva virtual machine...
teemus — Feb 21, 2005 11:24:02 PM — # ↩

Baaaah.
- shekhark — Feb 22, 2005 12:46:36 AM — # ↩
  
  OS X Mail
  I used Eudora for five years before switching, with some pain and adjustment, to OS X Mail about two years ago. It's good but not great. Poor search results and filtering are my biggest complaints.
  - Kiran Jonnalagadda — Feb 22, 2005 10:22:33 AM — # ↩
    
    Re: OS X Mail
    I quite like the filtering, but yes, the search ability sucks. Apple's promising that will change with Spotlight in Tiger.
shoan — Feb 22, 2005 11:02:02 AM — # ↩

What made you try thunderbird in the first place?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Feb 22, 2005 12:11:20 PM — # ↩
  
  I wanted to keep personal mail separate from work mail, to minimise distractions.