Re: email program

=0D=0AMartin,

> 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 i=
t.=C2=A0
> =C2=A0
>  2. Nested groups (less crucial, but still really nice)




> Same here.=C2=A0


>  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.=C2=A0


> 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.=C2=A0
> =C2=A0
> A mailer should not restrict the user in such things. That's why Microsof=
t's mailers all suck.=C2=A0

And others.  Right, help, but don't restrict.

> 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.=C2=A0
> 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.=C2=A0
> It seems like Cyrus was not really interested in this.=C2=A0

And, perhaps, those who took a look weren't up to the task of working
out how to fix things.  Mulberry must be marvelously complex.

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

Email programs are more subject to evolving standards than others.
Except browsers.  But if it works well, and I like it, I wouldn't
abandon it until it doesn't work well any more.  Otherwise, it is like
when the auto mechanic tells you that you need a bunch of work now to make
sure you don't have a problem at some future date.  If it ain't
broke...

Why move to something you don't like as well when what you do like
still works fine?

> Cheers,


> Martin=C2=A0



--=20

Gleason
TheBat! 9.0.16.5 (BETA) Pro (64bit, no OTFE) on Windows 10.0 18363