Hello Marck and all,
Thursday, September 14, 2000, 5:54:55 PM, you wrote:
> While you can (with a great deal of effort), it is not part of the TB
> remit to cover HTML mail creation. There are a number of other
> products which do this. There are also a large majority of dedicated
> TB users who don't want TB to be able to do this. Theory states that
> V2 (currently in development but not yet even in beta) will be able to
> do this. I would prefer that it didn't, but then again I get told I'm
> an old dinosaur in that respect.
Hmmm, that gives me a problem. I can understand that if the software
currently doesn't let you send HTML email easily, then its likely to gain a
strong following of hard-liners in favour of text-only posting.
I shall watch for version 2 with interest - I certainly don't /always/
want to send in HTML, but I like to have the choice.
> I'm afraid you are. Please refrain from posting HTML here.
My apologies on that to all, it wasn't intended. The competitive product I was
trying seems to have turned out equally unhelpful in reverse - it only
posts HTML, even when there is no reason to.
> The Bat is the best e-mail client there is. Period. HTML is not for
> e-mail - it is for presentation. You wouldn't expect TB to include all
> of WordPerfect's capabilities - you would sent a WP document as an
> attachment. Thus you can attach a prepared HTML file to an email an
> and in that way send an "HTML mail". I don't want to get into an
> argument about OE and Poco and all of the others that "let you do it
> properly". That doesn't make it right IMHO.
Understand your views, but to be fair I think most users on this group
are likely to be biased. I'm not saying that to be unkind, but I'm
talking to the converted. Those who preferred something else to The
Bat! will be on that software's mailing list or NNTP group. :o)
> Now, show me another client that handles multiple accounts, with
> template facilities like TB offers, as powerful a sorting office and
> the very useful ticker and its' virtual folder for reading all new
> mail. I don't believe there is one.
Well, on multiple accounts I think Poco has the edge. I find the size
of the multiple list of inboxes in The Bat! to be one of its disadvantages,
Poco manages to combine the Inbox, Outbox, Sent etc. into one. I think
that's a lot neater if you use multiple accounts. On the other hand,
The Bat! is A1 perfect with the templates and signatures, allowing a
lot of flexibility. There are some other excellent features, too - I love the little
"P" for
parked messages etc.
My other irritation with TB's handling of multiple accounts is that
there is no easy button/key combination to collect email from all
accounts. I keep collecting from just one in error. perhaps I have
missed something here.
> If you hang around, you may also discover that this list is itself yet
> another asset in the TB armoury <g>.
I'm sure you are right, Marck. I do intend to hang around for a while
- I've got a month of the trial in which to make my mind up, but I'd
like to make my decision sooner rather than later.
> Of course, the choice is yours.
Indeed. For your interest, I have been using Eudora which is quite
good but slow and clunky against The Bat! and Poco. I am also getting
seriously annoyed with it for pestering me for registration and other
personal information when I have paid for the wretched product. I feel
it has turned from a good product into an over-bloated information
harvester with upgrades.
I've also tried to test Calypso but I can't stop it crashing -
probably a clash with other software I have rather than a direct fault
with the programme.
Best wishes and thanks for the help and guidance,
John Hinson (in plain text, I hope!)
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