At 2:24 PM -0500 25/1/10, John C. Welch wrote:
Okay, so some points here, (All at once, because that's what bandwidth is
3) Implement IMAP well, or at least provide the option to behave properly.
(Mulberry is one of the few that do this). So when you have a list of
headers in a header view, that's all you download. When you click on the
message, you download the message contents. Attachments are not downloaded
unless you want them to be via explicit action. Call it "IMAP Strict" if you
like, but it's something that I've missed in almost every IMAP client I've
used. It is ASTOUNDINGLY handy in low bandwidth situations, (HOTELS), albeit
there's a bit of a lag. Various clients deal with this in different ways.
Mail doesn't, E'rage lets you download the first n K of a message if you
like, I forget about T-bird et al.
I think it would be great if Letters supported this mode of
operation. I would hate it if Letter ONLY supported this mode of
operation.
6) License. Dear lord, just BSD it and be done with it.
+1
7) AppleScript is a must.
+1
10) Everything can handle a correct message. Some attention to "how will
this handle mangled crap" is important. Mail doesn't do too well here, and
with e-mail, if it can't read that one message you need it to, regardless of
who's at fault, the client fails.
+1
If nothing else, some 'just let me see the raw text' mode is highly desirable.
11) "that can be a plugin" is a trap unless you design the plugin API first
or damned close.
+1
Cheers
David
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