On Friday 26 Sep 2003 9:40 am, Franki wrote: > Lance Cummings wrote: > >Anyone know if it is possible to 'park' a message in KMail? > > > >(means setting a cannot-delete flag on a particular message so that > >it cannot accidentally be nuked via the delete key, nor can a folder > >containing a thusly marked message be deleted until it is either > >moved out or un-flagged) > > > >KMail is not too bad, otherwise. It is considerably slower than The > >Bat! on Windows (if you do need to run a Windows mail client, that > >one is a dandy, written in Delphi) but KMail is not slower enough to > >be a real bother, just noticeable when deleting and when it does its > >cleanup after closing. My mail database in Windows is rather > >sizeable however (multi-account and more than 25,000 messages and > >attachments), and my mail database in Linux is miniscule, so it will > >be interesting to see if KMail slows down much as the database > >grows. > > > >What are the top three GUI mail clients in Linux, do you all reckon? > > Franki: > > I'd guess: > Kmail > Evolution > Mozilla Mail > > Many like Sylpheed as well, but I'd guess the three above would be used > by the majority. > > I was going to try using moz mail on a fat32 partition to see if I could > have moz linux and moz winblows use the same data, address book etc.. > > Instead I decided to swap to IMAP and just use evolution on linux and > thunderbird (mozilla mail) on windows. > > rgds > > Franki
KMail does not have that 'parking' feature. What I do is remove the 'Delete' button from the tool bar, so I can only put mails in the Trash where they can be recovered again. The Trash can be configured to retain mails for a configurable period. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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