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From: Hund <lists_gentoo@×××××××××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:35:47
Message-Id: F0A8E929-2DF4-4B0A-BC65-0EA7F7D90253@linuxkompis.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users by Dale
1 On April 5, 2021 12:17:59 AM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >Howdy,
3 >
4 >As some may know, I use Seamonkey for several things.  Mostly for email
5 >but using it for email leads to it being used for other things, like
6 >clicking links in email and viewing the page in Seamonkey.  I tried
7 >switching to Thunderbird, which is supposed to be about the same thing
8 >but I didn't like it at all.  It's different and in a bad way. 
9 >
10 >Thing is, some sites are no longer working as they should.  It seems
11 >with each upgrade, Seamonkey has more issues with things not working
12 >correctly.  I might add, most add-ons, adblock being a big one, no
13 >longer work.  They haven't had updates in ages.  With all this, it makes
14 >me wonder if Seamonkey is still viable or if it is something I have set
15 >wrong.  Is anyone else who uses Seamonkey noticing the same problems
16 >with add-ons and sites not working right?  I may start trying to make a
17 >list of sites that don't work right. Maybe someone else can see what it
18 >does for them.  I know my financial sites act weird but without login
19 >info, no way to really test those.  I might add, it seems that sites
20 >with security measures are the ones with the most issues.  I use Firefox
21 >for most things now.  I have different profiles and even use containers
22 >to help secure things.  I really wish I liked Thunderbird and could use
23 >that and Firefox to replace Seamonkey.  Sadly, Thunderbird just isn't
24 >for me last I checked. 
25 >
26 >This is my Seamonkey info:
27 >
28 >
29 >[ebuild     U ~] www-client/seamonkey-2.53.7::gentoo
30 >[2.53.7_beta1::gentoo] USE="chatzilla dbus gmp-autoupdate ipc roaming
31 >startup-notification system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg
32 >system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite -crypt -custom-cflags
33 >-custom-optimization -debug -jack (-lto) -minimal (-neon) -pulseaudio
34 >(-selinux) -test -wifi" L10N="-cs -de -en-GB -es-AR -es-ES -fr -hu -it
35 >-ja -lt -nl -pl -pt-PT -ru -sk -sv -zh-CN -zh-TW"
36 >
37 >
38 >
39 >Anyone else seeing this or am I the only Gentoo user using Seamonkey? 
40 >
41 >Thanks.
42 >
43 >Dale
44 >
45 >:-)  :_) 
46 >
47
48 Have you considered something more modern like Neomutt?
49
50 --
51 Hund

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Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>