Stepping back from the brink...
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
...to something far more mundane: what is everybody's honest opinion of the performance of Thunderbird as a mail reader? I am getting sick of unannounced socket errors on Outlook Express that come and go like passing strangers, but which manage too to outstay their welcome by a number of hours.
I tried Thunderbird some years ago and gave up on it. Is the more modern version any better?
Assuming there is a more modern version.
I really like Firefox as a browser (despite the annoying memory leakage), but Thunderbird...
I tried Thunderbird some years ago and gave up on it. Is the more modern version any better?
Assuming there is a more modern version.
I really like Firefox as a browser (despite the annoying memory leakage), but Thunderbird...
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Date: 2008-06-12 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-12 07:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-12 08:38 pm (UTC)You can try it and not commit... easy enough to junk if you don't like it.
EDIT -- if you want to use it concurrently with whatever you have now, just tell your current mail client (or TBird) not to delete messages from the mail server. Then you'll just have to remember do download to the non-deletey client first, and the other one second - hey presto, two copies of everything (least till you change it back). Hope that makes sense.
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Date: 2008-06-13 10:03 am (UTC)I don't have a lot to say in its favour other than "It just works" - it's an unobtrusive piece of software.
I'm using it IMAP over a virtual connection though, so I don't have a lot of experience of using it as a POP client at home.
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Date: 2008-06-15 09:27 pm (UTC)I am using linux, but would use TB not OE if on WindowsXYZ.
Mordern version is 2.0.0.14 (or that's the last one that auto turned up)
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Date: 2008-06-16 12:59 pm (UTC)