> Let me give a *strong* recommendation that folks run, not walk, over > to www.mozilla.org, and download "Thunderbird". It is the best mail > client (with a GUI) available. It runs on everything. It's free. > It's open-source -- and therefore peer-reviewed, and therefore far > more likely than closed-source to have seriously addressed issues of > utmost importance -- like security. And it keeps getting better, quickly. > > It's not perfect: nothing is. But it will do exactly what Kirk > suggested, that is, filter mail as it's received into separate folders. > (I happen to use procmail to do that, but the principle is the same; > and given that I'm maintaining 638 folders at the moment, I couldn't > live without that functionality. ;-) ) > > While you're there, grab the Firefox web browser as well: also > runs on everything, also free, also open-source, etc. It's so much > better than everything else at this point that comparisons are moot. I've been using Mozilla for the only reason - it has an option of decreasing or increasing font size on web pages. With LCD display this was a problem (fonts become too small on high resolution). IE can't handle this properly (only some fonts on web-pages can be changed), and Netscape isn't any better. With Mozilla all fonts could be made as big as my eyes needed. But original Mozilla was otherwise under-engineered tool - no alphabet sorting of bookmarks or deleting them directly from the list (you have to open "Manage bookmarks" tab). I've checked this new "Firefox" browser - it has everything that original Mozilla had, and is much better. There is one problem with e-mail client "Thurderbird" - unlike Outlook, it has no option "Disconnect after sending/receiving messages", - and this is very much needed with dial-up internet providers. I'm switching land line to cell phone when going to browse internet, but with brief sending/receiving of e-mails this is a nuisance. My land line remains busy until I disconnect. May be, I just can't find this button in "options". *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I'm using Opera (www.opera.com), partly because it has a zoom feature that works on the entire page. It can be set to default to any zoom setting on startup. Bruce Flagstaff, AZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
(We should probably move this off-list before we delve too far into geek issues.) On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:17:50PM -0800, alex wrote: > I've checked this new "Firefox" browser - it has everything that original > Mozilla had, and is much better. <chuckle> This isn't an accident: Mozilla and Firefox share about 90% of the same code base. Nor is the similarity to Netscape an accident: same code base again. > There is one problem with e-mail client "Thurderbird" - unlike Outlook, > it has no option "Disconnect after sending/receiving messages" See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Autoconnect which discusses this issue and has a link to a utility called "HangUp" which purports to address this for Windows users. BTW: someone else mentioned Opera: it's very nice, too, although it's not open-source and so its development isn't moving at the same pace. But which one of these anyone uses isn't nearly as important as doing everything possible to avoid using IE and/or Outlook at all costs. ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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