[pmmail-list] Leaving PMMail for Thunderbird
David K. Stevens
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Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:29:05 -0700
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I'm a little confused. Isn't this supposed to be a forum for PMMail? It seems to
have converted to a Thunderbird forum. What's the deal.
David Stevens
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:10:55 -0500, John Swartzentruber wrote:
>Tim Roberts wrote:
>
>> Well, folks, after a 5-year run with PMMail, I find that I can no
>> longer put up with the inferior (and unchanging) support for valid
>> MIME structures and reasonably formatted e-mail. I'm switching today
>> to Thunderbird. Even though it is only at version 0.4, it is already
>> a winner, as far as I can tell. My only complains are with
>> performance, and that will only improve as time goes on. Plus, it is
>> available in source form, so I can fix the things that drive me nuts!
>
>
>Have you downloaded the source and built Thunderbird? I tried over the
>weekend, but kept getting errors in the make that was supposed to pull
>the source (it would copy a file, then say the destination file didn't
>exist -- probably because of the odd mix of forward and backward slashes).
>
>Have you found a good place to go for support (i.e., newsgroup or
>mailing list)? I found an online forum, but find that inconvenient to
>the point of uselessness for me at this point.
>
>If you are building the program, would you mind if I asked a few
>questions along the way? It wouldn't be many and it wouldn't be
>pestering. And I'd bug off as soon as you asked.
>
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Civil and Environmental Engineering (Engineering 216)
Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL 215)
Utah State University
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have converted to a Thunderbird forum. What's the deal.<BR>
<BR>
David Stevens<BR>
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:10:55 -0500, John Swartzentruber wrote:<BR>
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>Tim Roberts wrote:<BR>
><BR>
>> Well, folks, after a 5-year run with PMMail, I find that I can no <BR>
>> longer put up with the inferior (and unchanging) support for valid <BR>
>> MIME structures and reasonably formatted e-mail. I'm switching today <BR>
>> to Thunderbird. Even though it is only at version 0.4, it is already <BR>
>> a winner, as far as I can tell. My only complains are with <BR>
>> performance, and that will only improve as time goes on. Plus, it is <BR>
>> available in source form, so I can fix the things that drive me nuts!<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>Have you downloaded the source and built Thunderbird? I tried over the <BR>
>weekend, but kept getting errors in the make that was supposed to pull <BR>
>the source (it would copy a file, then say the destination file didn't <BR>
>exist -- probably because of the odd mix of forward and backward slashes).<BR>
><BR>
>Have you found a good place to go for support (i.e., newsgroup or <BR>
>mailing list)? I found an online forum, but find that inconvenient to <BR>
>the point of uselessness for me at this point.<BR>
><BR>
>If you are building the program, would you mind if I asked a few <BR>
>questions along the way? It wouldn't be many and it wouldn't be <BR>
>pestering. And I'd bug off as soon as you asked.<BR>
><BR>
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David K. Stevens, Ph.D., P.E., Professor<br>
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Engineering 216)<br>
Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL 215)<br>
Utah State University<br>
4110 Old Main Hill<br>
Logan, UT 84322-4110<br>
david.stevens@usu.edu<br>
435.797.3229 (voice)<br>
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