Re: [gentoo-user] systemd

[Alan McKinnon]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 01:05:33 +0100
Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 17:28:21 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > At the moment I'm using claws and it seems quite fine. It has it's
> > funnies (mostly just different behaviour from kmail actually) so I
> > need to rewire my brain a bit.
>
> I *really* like Claws Mail, I never liked KMail. In fact, removing
> KDEPIM is the best way to improve KDE.

:-)
 
> > It wants to wait for me to manually expunge folders, and I haven't
> > quite
>
> Account Preferences>Advanced>Move deleted mail to trash and expunge
> immediately

When I'd got around to reading the FAQ, I found this very tidbit of
useful info but thanks

> > figured out how to always get it to use the correct .sig (a few
> > times my work .sig got used on mailing lists where I always use
> > gmail), but claws has these two amazing features that make it a
> > killer app for me:
>
> Set up a different (SMTP-only if necessary) account for each address
> and specify the sig. You can set the default account to use for a
> folder, which means you always use the correct address on a mailing
> list. If no default account is set, Claws will default to using the
> account that the mail you are replying to was sent to.

I like to use local IMAP folder and route all mail into those,
organized by work and other. I found that I can set prefs for a top
folders and all children folders which handled this one nicely.
>
> > - it actually sends, receives and stores mail (akonadi users will
> >   appreciate how a mailer can get to make that insanely more complex
> >   than it needs to be)
>
> I'm so glad I ditched KMail before akonadi and friends came along.

"The mythical man-month" by Brooks perfectly describes akonadi, they
went right ahead and made every mistake in the book, especially all the
ones solved in the 70s already,...


-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com