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Eudora & Penelope

Started by johnlilly · 11 months ago

This’ll be a little bit short, as I’m in Beijing at 3a trying to fight off jetlag (here’s a tip: when you wake up at 2a, don’t turn on your computer!), but wanted to post something about the Eudora 8 beta release that’s recent ... Continue reading »

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  • I'm curious too. Since the TB's been spun off, hope the E8 will succeed.
  • Will the Eudora mod for Thunderbird allow for turning off HTML mail completely, just like I could do with Eudora? I currently have been using mail.app for my mail and am fairly happy with it, but I miss Eudora. I even miss the "boo WEE oop!" sound when you got your mail! That shows how far back I go with Eudora.

    Last time I used T-Bird I couldn't find the setting to make it default to showing mail as text only. That's why, even though I am a Firefox partisan on the browser side, I stay away from Mozilla products to handle my email. I have no problem with graphics in my browser. And yes, Mac OS X doesn't have the same minefield of hazards with "enhanced" mail as Windows still does. But I still get the willies when I get lots of crap attached to my mail. If you email me I want "just the facts, ma'am" unless I am expecting something attached. Call me a Luddite but that's where I am on that.
  • Ms. Geek, I have HTML mail turned off in Thunderbird for both sending and viewing. To view all mail as text-only, click View-Message Body As-Plain Text
  • Given TB being spun off, I think merging the two efforts together is the only logical solution. You've even got an organisation (Qualcomm) who would be at the helm.
  • Eudora has been my mainstay email client for ever, so much so that I cannot see why anyone would want the standard 3-pane window. Having a MDI (multiple document interface) is where its at, and I fear any mix with the other clients may dilute my experience somewhat. One feature I especially like is the ability to edit my received emails. Emails are so often littered with junk or formatting issues, and I do want to save the item in my wonderful mailbox system. Editing the email down to its essential content is something I do ALL the time. They then end up as MY documents. I have been wanting to sound off about this for a while now... thank you for the chance.
  • Charles,

    Why do you dislike the new MDI option?

    Just discovered that text of incoming mails is not editable. Ouch, I liked this, too...
  • i couldn't find a date on this page. is it january 2005 or july 2002 or what?
  • I have been a long time Eudora user. I like it and works very well for me. I'm now getting junk mail you can't belive. The sponsered mode doesn't support filters and am wondering if the paid mode does a good job on filtering junk mail. I use the Internet for business and can't easily change email addresses as I have business cards out all over the country. Any suggestions would be appreciated

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