From: Jamie Kahn Genet on
Kathy Morgan <kmorgan(a)spamcop.net> wrote:

> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>
> > I've had to give up using MacSOUP for email due to the unstoppable wave
> > of ugly HTML email that has invaded even many mailing lists, but oh boy
> > do I miss using MacSOUP. Apple Mail is so clunky by comparison :-(
> >
> > Well, enough raving over that. For some reason the majority of users
> > think Mail, Outlook, Web-based Gmail, etc are as good as email gets. So
> > it's clear these apps are never going to get any better and I just have
> > to lower my expectations and move with the times *sigh*
>
> There are several email clients under development that may eventually be
> worth using. "Penelope/Eudora 8" is an add-on/replacement (I'm not sure
> which) based on Thunderbird and Eudora. See
> <http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope_Extensions> for Penelope version
> notes.
>
> Letters.app is a brand new project which may turn into something
> worthwhile.
> <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/rage-against-the-mail-machine
> -the-genesis-of-letters.ars> (That link is probably broken by MacSOUP;
> you may have to cut and paste to get the last part of it.)

No, the link worked fine due to use of angle brackets :-)

> <http://lowendmac.com/misc/10mr/another-email-client.html>
> MailForge is another one that I haven't tried.
> <http://www.infinitydatasystems.com/blog/index.html>

Thanks for the info - Letters especially seems worth watching :-)
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