[LINK] Eudora email moves to open source

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/14, at 1:14 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:

>
> On 14/11/2006, at 12:32 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
>
>> Apple Mail wraps text at 75 characters, and it's not configurable  
>> - it even wraps URLs and adds a space!!  And of course the date  
>> problem.
>
> It doesn't wrap text at 75 chars for me.

You don't notice it because Apple Mail also unwraps Apple Mail  
wrapped text.  Here's a recent email from you to link.  I don't know  
if you will see this as wrapped but it is.  Try looking at the raw  
source.

On 2006/Nov/14, at 12:04 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> > Ivan replied:
> >> People still use Eudora on Mac OS X? That's got me interested...
> >
> > Yep.  Currently the final 6.2.4, until recently 6.1.
> >
> > What's your recommendation(s), and why's it/they superior?
>
> I've tried a number of options, ranging from Eudora to Entourage/
> Outlook, QuickMail to Mailsmith, and GroupWise to Apple Mail. I've
> stuck with Apple Mail. Numerous reasons: at one stage I was looking
> for an integrated tool that would allow me to closely manage events
> and appointments with mail (and tasks). I don't think that any tool
> has achieved this with the combination of security and cross-platform
> compatibility, so I've pretty much abandoned that path. Plus, a
> change of employer made all the difference. For what it's worth, the
> front-end of Novell's GroupWise was, a long time ago, so far ahead
> that I regarded it as superior to anything else long past its use-by
> date. I suspect that Eudora followers would feel the same.
>
> These days, what is offered in the combination of Apple Mail, iCal,
> AddressBook, and Safari offer me the tools that I need. Apple Mail's
> junk filter is robust enough to do the job (with some caveats - I use
> dspam as well, remotely), the interface very well thought out - and
> with enough smarts under the hood to go unappreciated by even Mac
> enthusiasts - and the overall reliability extremely good. Plus, I can
> export out my mailbox and prefs at any time, into virtually any other
> mail client.

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