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From: Andy Hewitt on 18 Jun 2010 12:48 I just had another go at switching to Thunderbird 3, but failed. It does have some nice features that are handy, mostly from a viewing point of, er, view. However, I manage too many accounts (four for myself and five for the church). Thunderbird really feels good until you get to about the fifth account setup, and realise that you have mail folders all over the shop. I did try it, but the screen was just such a mess of 'stuff' I gave up. Not only that, but multiple address handling is a right faff, and no selectable signatures either. When I switched back into Mail, it just felt so much easier, although it also felt that something was missing (a great long list of separated mail folders, that's what). It's not that I find anything particularly wrong with Mail, it works very well for me, but it'd be a bit better with some of the features that Thunderbird has, such as the widescreen view (but I ain't paying for a plugin to get that), and better displaying of message content (such as smilies). -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Adrian on 18 Jun 2010 12:51 thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > I just had another go at switching to Thunderbird 3, but failed. > > It does have some nice features that are handy, mostly from a viewing > point of, er, view. > > However, I manage too many accounts (four for myself and five for the > church). Thunderbird really feels good until you get to about the fifth > account setup, and realise that you have mail folders all over the shop. > I did try it, but the screen was just such a mess of 'stuff' I gave up. I've got four accounts setup in T'bird 3, too. It's a pita until you realise that you don't have to use the amazingly misnamed "Smart Folders". Just click the right arrow at the top of the folder column to switch back to the normal per-mailbox folder setup as was in T'bird 2.
From: Richard Kettlewell on 18 Jun 2010 13:15 Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> writes: > I've got four accounts setup in T'bird 3, too. > > It's a pita until you realise that you don't have to use the amazingly > misnamed "Smart Folders". Just click the right arrow at the top of the > folder column to switch back to the normal per-mailbox folder setup as > was in T'bird 2. Seconded. It's an awful feature and a poor choice of default. -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
From: Andy Hewitt on 18 Jun 2010 14:27 Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > I've got four accounts setup in T'bird 3, too. > > > > It's a pita until you realise that you don't have to use the amazingly > > misnamed "Smart Folders". Just click the right arrow at the top of the > > folder column to switch back to the normal per-mailbox folder setup as > > was in T'bird 2. > > Seconded. It's an awful feature and a poor choice of default. Ah, that's what I was looking for. Ok, perhaps we could try Thunderbird a bit more then. Cheers. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Andy Hewitt on 18 Jun 2010 14:35 Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: > > > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > > > I've got four accounts setup in T'bird 3, too. > > > > > > It's a pita until you realise that you don't have to use the amazingly > > > misnamed "Smart Folders". Just click the right arrow at the top of the > > > folder column to switch back to the normal per-mailbox folder setup as > > > was in T'bird 2. > > > > Seconded. It's an awful feature and a poor choice of default. > > Ah, that's what I was looking for. Ok, perhaps we could try Thunderbird > a bit more then. Hmmm, doesn't work well with MobileMe accounts though. I just keep getting an error 'mailbox doesn't exist' when I select Archive, Drafts, Junk or Templates. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
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