Oooh, time for a Holy War.
Apr. 23rd, 2003 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaWell, it looks like the computer glitch I've been complaining about really is caused by running Outlook.
I'd like to find a new mail client. So, I'd require it to do the following:
Allow me to read emails quickly (ie, minimal number of keystrokes/mouseclics to go from one to the next, delete mails, etc)
Allow easy filtering of messages (I don't speak procmail, though might be prepared to learn)
Handle attachments in a nice way (otherwise I'd just bite the bullet and use pine)
Preferably one which can be easily operated by keyboard alone.
Preferably one which will cope with the 'add comment' emails replying to LJ updates. Eudora doesn't (though that might be because it doesn't talk to IE)
Probably some other things I haven't thought of.
Any advice ?
At home I use the free version of Eudora, but am not entirely happy with it. I love the fact that you can rearrange its components to suit yourself (the list of mail folders belongs on the right hand side of the screen, dammit), and it does have many good things going for it. On the other hand, its error reporting is crap, and the handling of messages if you read them in the preview window is very poor indeed.
(For bonus points: explain why Outlook causes this problem :)
I'd like to find a new mail client. So, I'd require it to do the following:
Allow me to read emails quickly (ie, minimal number of keystrokes/mouseclics to go from one to the next, delete mails, etc)
Allow easy filtering of messages (I don't speak procmail, though might be prepared to learn)
Handle attachments in a nice way (otherwise I'd just bite the bullet and use pine)
Preferably one which can be easily operated by keyboard alone.
Preferably one which will cope with the 'add comment' emails replying to LJ updates. Eudora doesn't (though that might be because it doesn't talk to IE)
Probably some other things I haven't thought of.
Any advice ?
At home I use the free version of Eudora, but am not entirely happy with it. I love the fact that you can rearrange its components to suit yourself (the list of mail folders belongs on the right hand side of the screen, dammit), and it does have many good things going for it. On the other hand, its error reporting is crap, and the handling of messages if you read them in the preview window is very poor indeed.
(For bonus points: explain why Outlook causes this problem :)
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Date: 2003-04-23 04:50 am (UTC)Well, it's pretty conclusive.
Problem happens -> switch Outlook off, problem goes away.
Outlook running -> Problem happens on average 2-3 times an hour.
Stop using Outlook for a fortnight -> Problem doesn't occur once :)
I'm using Exodus as a jabber client, and the Tao jabber server, which doesn't really handle most MSN things, so I can't tell how well the client would handle them. It claims to :)
As for third party software: currently running on my PC:
Outlook, IE.
Winamp
Tao's debugging environment.
One DOS box (or whatever it's called these days).
Exodus (jabber client).
Next time I've got some documentation or something to write, I'll try working with just Outlook and emacs running, and see what happens.
emacs sucks and that you shouldn't use it.
Who's that trip-trapping over your bridge ?