On Thursday 24 August 2017 09:50:32 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday, 24 August 2017 09:36:43 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> I can handle HTML emails and won't complain. (As long as they don't set > >> some idiotic font or background colours) > > > > I don't mind messages which contain both formats and let the mail client > > render the content according to the preferences of the recipient; i.e. a > > message with: > > > > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > > > which contains: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > and > > Content-Type: text/html; > > > > However, I have found some mail clients, especially Microsoft web based > > mailers, send a Base64 blob which *only* contains HTML. I don't like > > receiving these and depending on the sender I delete them. > > > >> But top-posting when replying to emails makes for unnecessary difficult > >> reading. > >> > >> -- > >> Joost > > > > Top-posting when the message is a threaded conversation does not help. > > Some mobile apps and webmail interfaces make it really difficult to > > respond inline, so I don't mind being flexible on this matter. > > > > PS. I like this list just as it is. Plain text and no-top posting - > > thank you. :-) > > OK. I'm nosy now. Can you folks share what email software you are > using? Is it GUI based etc? Stable and doesn't change settings to > something stupid like Seamonkey/thunderbird just did. > > To put it simply, I'm considering switching away from Seamonkey here and > just may do it. One thing I'd like tho, being able to transfer my > emails from Seamonkey to whatever new program I'm using. When I > switched from Kmail, I was able to do that, can't recall how now. > > Just curious as to my options here. May as well learn some stuff while > we on the topic. ;-)
KMail here. It's easily the best e-mail client I've used, though it has suffered with obscure bugs. It can import Thunderbird/Mozilla local mails and folder structure. I don't know whether the latest version can do this, but version 4.14.32 can. -- Regards, Peter.
