Re: email program

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I have got to like Apple Mail a lot. It reminds me of MacOS' Preview.app -
one of the most underappreciated and yet powerful programs on a Mac desktop.

One reason I'd never use a Microsoft mail program is this:

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 17:35, Dr. Steven P. Frysinger <[email protected]>
wrote:

> There are two features I depend on in Mulberry:
> 1. The ability to create a group by pasting addresses without creating
> individual contacts
>

I don't know. I've never used this. Apple Mail does not seem to support it.


> 2. Nested groups (less crucial, but still really nice)
>

Same here.

Does OE Classic allow these?
>

It may or may not, but it will always force you to top post, you will have
problems writing your comments between quoted blocks without them looking
like part of the quoted text.

Apple Mail (like by the way also evolution on Linux, and of course
Mulberry) does it right: if you want to quote only parts of what you reply
to, you select it before hitting "reply", and that's what you will get in
your editor.
You can split quoted text at any place to put your remarks in. If you want
to top post, that's fine, too.

A mailer should not restrict the user in such things. That's why
Microsoft's mailers all suck.

I shed some tears when giving up Mulberry some time ago. I don't miss it
anymore. It would have been nice to see a "Mulberry reloaded", like with a
fresh QT UI or similar.
But it never happened. Even worse: I don't think that any contribution by
developers who dug into Mulberry's source code ever made it into the
product.
It seems like Cyrus was not really interested in this.

I've learned one thing: if something is not supported, one needs to let it
go. Anything else means endless pain.

Cheers,

Martin

-- 
Dr. Martin Dietze
1. Vorsitzender
Deutsch-Ukrainischer Kulturverein e.V.
http://www.deutsch-ukrainischer-kulturverein.de/

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I have got to like Apple Mail a lot. It reminds me of=
 MacOS&#39; Preview.app - one of the most underappreciated and yet powerful=
 programs on a Mac desktop.</div><div><br></div><div>One reason I&#39;d nev=
er use a Microsoft mail program is this:</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 17:35, Dr. S=
teven P. Frysinger &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">=
There are two features I depend on in Mulberry:<br>
1. The ability to create a group by pasting addresses without creating <br>
individual contacts<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t know. I=
&#39;ve never used this. Apple Mail does not seem to support it.=C2=A0</div=
><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
2. Nested groups (less crucial, but still really nice)<br></blockquote><div=
><br></div><div>Same here.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204=
,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Does OE Classic allow these?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It may or =
may not, but it will always force you to top post, you will have problems w=
riting your comments between quoted blocks without them looking like part o=
f the quoted text.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Apple Mail (like by the w=
ay also evolution on Linux, and of course Mulberry) does it right: if you w=
ant to quote only parts of what you reply to, you select it before hitting =
&quot;reply&quot;, and that&#39;s what you will get in your editor.</div><d=
iv>You can split quoted text at any place to put your remarks in. If you wa=
nt to top post, that&#39;s fine, too.=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>A ma=
iler should not restrict the user in such things. That&#39;s why Microsoft&=
#39;s mailers all suck.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I shed some tears wh=
en giving up Mulberry some time ago. I don&#39;t miss it anymore. It would =
have been nice to see a &quot;Mulberry reloaded&quot;, like with a fresh QT=
 UI or similar.=C2=A0</div><div>But it never happened. Even worse: I don&#3=
9;t think that any contribution by developers who dug into Mulberry&#39;s s=
ource code ever made it into the product.=C2=A0</div><div>It seems like Cyr=
us was not really interested in this.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;=
ve learned one thing: if something is not supported, one needs to let it go=
. Anything else means endless pain.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><=
div><br></div><div>Martin=C2=A0</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span><font color=3D"#8=
88888"><div><div>Dr. Martin Dietze<br></div><div><div>1. Vorsitzender<br></=
div><div>Deutsch-Ukrainischer Kulturverein e.V.<br><a href=3D"http://www.de=
utsch-ukrainischer-kulturverein.de/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.deutsch-u=
krainischer-kulturverein.de/</a></div></div></div></font></span></div></div=
></div>

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