Julius, I know how you feel about the mailing list. I too kinda felt that way when I first signed up, but I don't think it's as bad as you may think.
The Bat! is EXTREMELY powerful and allows for a LOT of tweaks and edits to customize almost every nuance to your personal preferences. I joined this list because I was thinking it would help me learn about the product faster, but if anything I found that most of the posts here are WAY over my head. :) Most of the threads here are not the typical fare that the average user would address. The average user isn't going to know, much less care, about the merit so PGP vs. sMime. So, take most of the posts with a grain of salt, because many posts here are dealing with beta, or just released versions and features that most users are not going to use. Personally, I've found TB to be extremely reliable and it does everything I need. Additionally, as I poke around the program I continually find more and more features that just blow my socks off. For example, I just figured out how to use "Quick Templates" and like a kid in a candy store! :P So, although you may see a lot of "issues" addressed here, don't take them to heart. You're looking at posts that have a high "geek" quotient and are far above the average e-mail fare. In my book, there is no more secure and reliable e-mail client out there. Michael T. Ashby Consultant The Ashby Group http://www.ashbygroup.net mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================== Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 8:37:31 AM, you wrote: MS> At Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 2:36:13 PM, Julius wrote: >> Hi there, List members , >> I signed-on and purchased my entry to the bat! about 2 weeks ago. >> I was expecting a reasonable new alternative to OE. MS> And it is definately that. >> But all I see is about 200 e-mail exchanges per day!! about PROBLEMS with TB and >> hopes for better versions etc. MS> It is a high-volume mail list - whether this is because a series of MS> new releases have just come out or not would be conjecture on my part, MS> as I've been on the list less than a week. However, I've been on MS> other mailing lists for Eudora that are fairly high-volume all the MS> time. MS> That being said, I've been using TheBat for over a year, and am more MS> than satisfied with it, having gone thru OE, Eudora, Calypso, MS> Incredimail, and others. >> How can we/you spend all our time nit-picking the program of our choice every >> time we sign-on to the net?? >> Easier for me to go back to OE and not have to read 200 questions/ day about TB. >AND WE >> PAID FOR TB!! While OE and NS are free. MS> And they are worth every cent you paid. :) >> Isn't there something wrong here guys??? >> Listen, I paid my money for the bat! but can't believe the research work >> (hundreds of daily messages) I have >> to participate in to use it. This is not a useful tool.... it is a JOB which I >> don't need right now. And I don't see any ending to it... just generates more >> and more questions on the site. MS> Well, you don't *have* to read it all, or read it at all, for that MS> matter. Unsubscribe, or read only the threads that interest you. MS> A tip - this is one list where view by thread works well. A lot of MS> them are hopeless in this mode. >> Can we end this and get a decent product out of the bat! ? I think we should >> address our problems/questions/requests to the authors, in Russia or Belarus, >> and stop trying to outguess them and provide ideas that have to be tested >> every time, regardless of comments from "moderators" with credentials. >> Let's make this work!! Ideas?? MS> I don't know about that. This seems one of the more useful mailing MS> lists I've been on. THe authors of TheBat have more productive things MS> to do (V2.0) and let the users help those that want help. ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60h FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
