Hi Chris,
On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:01:31 -0600 "c. marlow" <fedora(a)cwm030.com> wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:43:07 -0500
Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
> IMAP is just more functional than POP ever was with better security
> features; though Peter Resnick of Qualcomm would regal us with
> stories of maintaining Eudora for their CEO for years after there
> were other better choices, but he started on Eudora, and it was
> Qualcomm's product and he was going to keep using it... Worked for
> me!
I noticed that IMAP is SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW because Claws
checks every folder for new mail, when my email is only filtered when
I launch Claws.
If you find CM slow here, don't try TB! ;-)
[snip]
> I switched all those years ago from Eudora to Thunderbird, still
POP.
> There was a nice utility to convert Eudora mail folders to that used
> by Thunderbird. In fact just last year an old friend was FINALLY
> getting of Eudora and asked if anyone knew how, so I dug the program
> out of my archives for him.
>
> Over all these years I have been using Thunderbird with all its
> warts. But then really they all have warts.
>
I don't think that I could use TB... I like the MH file format, less
chance of corruption.
[snip]
TB has support for the MH file format. This has to be tuned when you
create the account. Search the web!
Regards,
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