Re: SMTP problem...new builds

Devin,


> I'm in the *very* early stages of trying to do a Qt-based
> Mulberry-influenced
> variant.  My focus is on Linux, OpenBSD, and portability.  In other words,
> I intend for it to work under Mac/Windows as well, although I don't tend to
> deal on those platforms.

Mulberry-influenced.  Realizing how many years it takes to put
together a decent email client even if you aren't a distracted
cobbler.  Somewhere over 10 at least, judging by the performance of
others.

If there is any way at all to rescue the time put into Mulberry...

> Before you get your hopes up, this is in the realm of "the cobbler's
> children have no shoes".  That is, I develop software for a living
> but this is an unpaid project.  No, that is not a solicitation, but
> it means that development time takes a back seat to family and $work.
> And both of those take up most hours in my day.

> No timelines, even wild-ass guesses, are available at the moment,
> so please don't ask.  I can't even promise that it will ever be
> anything but vapourware.

> My motivation is driven by the concerns already mentioned by
> others, but also the fact that RHEL as stopped supporting 32-bit
> installs. Which means that for me, the end-of-live of RHEL6 is
> end-of-life for a 32-bit Mulberry (at least on one of my major
> platforms).

> Devin



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 Gleason