Hi Allie, On Saturday, 02 Juli 2005 at 3:23 PM you (Allie Martin) wrote:
> - I avoid working with large mailboxes, i.e., no more than 4000 messages > per mailbox. This may be even less if I end up having say 5 or more > folders with a large amount of messages. That's right. The same applies for me. 4000 messages are to much in my environment, TB! struggles at a higher amount as 1000. > - I currently don't subscribe to my junk mail or other mailboxes that I > check infrequently. I check those via webmail. I do this because they > interfere with smooth reading of unread mail while jumping from mailbox > to mailbox automatically. I wish I could be subscribed to a mailbox but > not have its counts updated unless I explicitly request it. This especially applies for my sent folders. They don't need to be checked, when I don't do it manually. I won't use the workaround with the web-interface - hey, I just want to read mail and don't have to do some work to be able to read mail. > - I don't use a server side Outbox. It's just troublesome and often > leads to multiple messages being sent and multiple messages being in the > outbox when using the intermittent save option while composing. I avoid a server side outbox too. I didn't get a problem with multiple messages otherwise, but - earlier, haven't tried new versions with a server side outbox - get an error that my message couldn't get prepared for uploading. > - I don't filter much with TB! I filter nothing with TB!, because that's one of the things that brought me many duplicates... > - I avoid opening large attachments in my lower bandwidth environment. I > save them for when I get home. I may get multiple attachments in a > single message, with a few being appropriate for viewing in a low > bandwidth setting. However, TB! is all or none with attachment > retrieval. I don't get much attachments but when I get any, I like to open them separately. Would be cool, if TB! will support this. > - I don't use any of the synchronise settings for any of my mailboxes. I > disable synchronization for all mailboxes. Beside filtering, synchronization brought me the most - have to say nearly all - problems with duplicate messages and "no message loaded" errors. Even with Fastmail. But, to be honest. I even didn't want to use synchronization - I turned it on by error. > - I no longer use the ticker. I may revisit this since I haven't tried > it in a long time. Never used it... > - I don't manage my mailboxes using TB!. I do it server side, i.e., > mailbox creations and deletions or making a folder a sub-folder or > another. Creation works fine, in earlier versions I got errors on deleting mailboxes. This errors in mind let me do such administrative things with a different mailer. > - setting up a server side filter to move all unfiltered mail to another > mailbox so that I don't have to use the Inbox. What's so curious about your inbox? Why does it differ from other folders? And what works better with an empty inbox? > So with all these 'workarounds'/avoiding or steering clear of behaviours > may be creating an impression of tranquility. However, it's artificial > in that I really shouldn't have to be avoiding features. This list is impressive. But the more impressive thing is that I do the same when using TB!... > However, with all that, I still somewhat prefer what it's doing now to > Mulberry. I'm getting hooked again on the templates and MicroEd so I may > be getting swooned into tolerating some 'gyrations' to get things > working Ok. :) So you're a really tolerative person, aren't you? ;-) Thanks for the list, Allie. I' looking forward to read some more answers and comments from both sides - the users and developers. -- Manuel, http://www.manuel-breitfeld.de ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.36 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
