Re: Devin's effort

--On Monday, April 20, 2015 7:11 AM -0400 Tanstaafl 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> So... I'm very curious what you (and the other list participants here)
> consider some of the most appealing features of Mulberry over other IMAP
> clients you/they have used.

Perhaps the #1 feature that I value in Mulberry and haven't found in any 
other Windows email client is the Cabinets feature.  This permits me to group 
a selection of folders together that have a particular feature.  The one I 
depend on most is a Cabinet that includes folders (across several accounts) 
that can receive new mail.  I have about 16 or 17 such folders, and by 
placing this cabinet at the top left, I can see immediately all folders that 
have new mail (and how many new messages are in each folder).  Some other 
clients also allow me to stipulate which folders receive new mail, but none 
that I know of lets me put these folders all together at the top so I don't 
have to scroll through a long list of folders (in several accounts), most of 
which do not receive new mail.

I was thus very interested in your description of TB's "Virtual" folders, but 
while it sounds as if I could have it include all new messages regardless of 
which folder received them, the messages wouldn't be arranged by receiving 
folder, and might not even tell me at once which folder the message came 
from.  That wouldn't work for me.  Indeed, I have arranged for new messages 
to go into specific folders precisely because I want to know the context, 
where they are coming from.  I know, for example, that if a new message is in 
folder G, I should not simply hit reply unless I want my reply to go back to 
a listserv. I also wouldn't want that message to be followed by one from, 
say, the Mulberry forum simply because it was the next to arrive.

There are many other Mulberry features I value, including many I simply take 
for granted and don't think about, such as the folder colorization that 
Quanah mentioned, and a Cabinet to specify which folders I want to 
save/synchronize in a separate program (Mailbag Assistant).  But a feature 
like a New Mail Cabinet is what I look for in each email client I consider, 
and the absence of such a feature has kept me happily using Mulberry.  I do 
also keep PostBox on my computer to deal with those occasional messages that 
Mulberry simply can't handle well.

I might mention that I have found one email client--AquaMail--that does offer 
a Cabinets-like feature (i.e., it handles multiple accounts, it allows me to 
specify which folders receive new mail, and it also allows me to specify 
which folders I want at the top of the list).  I'd move to this client in a 
heartbeat if it were available for Windows.  But AquaMail is an Android app. 
I have it on both my tablet and my phone.  It works beautifully, and the 
developer is diligent and very responsive.  I even wrote to ask whether he 
has any plans for a Windows version, but he does not.

Thanks very much for getting this thread started and for providing so much 
information about TB.

Joan Korenman