Goncalo,
I disagree with you on this. I was a Ak-mail user and never had
problems with it. I just switch from it to TB! because development was
kind of dead and the English version isn't updated anymore.
People here using Mulberry seem to be very happy. You may get their
testimonial here. I'm willing to give it a try. It's always good to
have a backup client.
Yes, I have it too. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, if you change the
column headings in the message index,
especially if you add some, Mulberry becomes nearly unusable. This is
especially true with the IMAP inbox. This behavior
does not appear on my laptop, however.
Yes, I would agree that TB was released too early, so was Eudora, and
Pocomail, and Mulberry, and Pegausus. Actually, I find
Becky to be a better replacement for TB than Mulberry, and I think it is
close to not being released too early. But it does not
filter based on IMAP message bodies, and has limited support for
personalities. It will not allow for sig attached to personality, or
personality attached to server.
In any case, it looks like most email client producers see their best
strategy as getting as many features in as fast as possible,
and when a client is good enough to convince a new user to pay for it after
using it for a few weeks, get it out there and sell it.
The truth is, I don't agree with that. I think there is a great big hole
in what is available in the way of email clients for somebody
who has done a good complete job to take over.
Another thing I ponder is that most email clients have about a 10 year
development history. Email clients must be devilishly hard to write well.
So, all in all, considering what others have done, and how long it has
taken them, and that early release is a strategy rather than an accident, I
am inclined to not be too hard on RIT.
--
Gleason
Using The Bat! v3.5.26 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600
Service Pack 2 Primarily using the Fastmail
IMAP server which uses Cyrus.
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