Re: Mulberry - the future?

--On Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:53 PM +0200 Chaim Kram <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> FWIW, these days I'm using a mail client called Postbox
> <http://postbox-inc.com> which is pretty good. It's a customized GUI on top
> of the Mozilla TB codebase. It even has the redirect function! It's a bit
> quirky but is customizable as hell and has lots of keyboard shortcuts.

I can't tell you how heartened I am to see this thread and know that there 
are many other die-hard Mulberry users out there.  Like many of you, I 
started using Mulberry when it was a paid program and have never stopped 
using it, although I keep looking for something that handles graphics more 
smoothly and has a few other features as well.  Indeed, I keep Postbox on my 
computer for times when I need better graphics support.  But although I had 
high hopes for Postbox at the start, neither it nor any other program I've 
tried offers the Mulberry features I most value: immense flexibility, superb 
IMAP handling, and--most of all--cabinets.  Using a sieve script on my 
university's servers, I funnel mail into a dozen or so mailboxes in three 
different accounts, all of which are easily visible via cabinets.  I thus 
know when any of these mailboxes gets new mail.  I know of no other program 
that offers this feature.  Postbox lets me put folders across the top of the 
interface, but it doesn't tell me when they receive mail.  TB seemed to me 
even less capable when I tried it.  The Bat has lots of features, matched by 
lots of quirks, but what turned me off most was The Bat's so-so handling of 
IMAP.  IMAP seemed like an afterthought.  I never found out whether The Bat 
had a cabinets feature, since I didn't like it overall.  Though perhaps if it 
does have cabinets, I should take another look.

Unlike many folks on this forum, I am not technically proficient.  One thing 
I love about Mulberry is that it has so many features built-in, so all I have 
to do is use them rather than create or modify them.  Cyrus, MANY MANY THANKS 
for for an invaluable program.

	Joan

        Joan Korenman
        Professor Emerita of English
        Founder, Center for Women & Information Technology
        University of Maryland, Baltimore County
        Baltimore, MD 21250  USA
        korenman AT umbc.edu
        http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/