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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:22:31 +0000
From: Bernard Peek 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
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In message , Bernard Peek 
 writes
>In message <45E9FBF7.2BD67C00@yahoo.com>, CBFalconer 
> writes
>>Bernard Peek wrote:
>>> Hadron  writes
>>>
>>... snip ...
>>>>
>>>> Did you list the things specific to Turnpike? All I saw was that it
>>>> handled nntp and email. Well, thunderbird does that too doesnt it?
>>>
>>> I did, and yes Thunderbird does both those things. I run Thunderbird on
>>> my Ubuntu workstation but I don't consider it good enough for everyday
>>> use. For instance the threading display for newsgroups is very similar
>>> to that in some earlier news clients, and I find it unusable. The
>>
>>I don't think you investigated the various sorting and threading
>>options.  The big problem with TBird is that they have never
>>tackled the failure to mark cross-posts read when one has been
>>actually read.  This bug has been lying around for years.  I don't
>>like their handling of headers either.
>
>The problem I have with TBird is that the way it displays thread 
>structures is so poor that I find it unusable. I want a window that 
>shows as much of the thread structure as possible with the minimum of 
>detail. TP does mark crossposts as read when they are read in any 
>group, and being a multi-user app it does so for each user 
>independently. TP uses multiple document windows very effectively. I 
>can set it up so that when I open a message it appears in a full-screen 
>window.

OK. Now I've tried Claws mail. It's got an almost identical interface to 
that of TBird and that alone is enough for me to write it off as a 
non-starter. It seems everyone is copying each other's mistakes (IMHO, I 
hasten to add.).



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