Re: Mulberry and Windows 11
Gleason <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Apr 2023 10:53:31 -0400
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Christer,
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> [..]
>> I'm replying simply to say that you're not the only Mulberry user
>> left, and to ask that if you find a solution to the W11 problem, you
>> let the forum know. =C2=A0I should mention that I have Thunderbird as we=
ll
>> on my computer, but it hasn't managed to replace Mulberry.
> Just chiming in to say there are indeed other (very) active
> Mulberry users out there still. It's the only desktop client I use,
> as it has been for the past two decades.
> It's been several years since I ran a client on Windows though (I
> don't know how to build for Windows, and the severely outdated
> bundled OpenSSL libs in the pre-compiled version makes it nigh
> unusable against modern servers), but I build and run my own on
> (Debian/Ubuntu) Linux, and it still performs as well as it always
> has. The 32-bitness is a pain, and I really would like to be able to
> build it against an OpenSSL version of today, but you get by.
> One of these days(..) I do intend to gather my minor build fixes on
> GitHub, but it hasn't happened yet - in part due to an ever-growing
> todo list, and in part simply because I don't know who else might be
> interested. If I've underestimated the interest in something like
> this, please do let me know, and perhaps I can give it a slight
> bump. Particularly if someone who's an actual developer could help
> out with some minor fixes here and there - I usually have to work
> around issues, rather than actually fix them.
I think that we here would be delighted if Mulberry could be brought up to =
date with current internet conditions.
The market for even medium level imap competence is slim these days though.=
=C2=A0The Bat being the only not free
player now that I am aware of, that still gets frequent updates. =C2=A0High=
level imap never did
get a lot of takers. =C2=A0Which is why Mulberry is in the state we find it=
in.=C2=A0 Email generally is fading away
in favor of webmail and phone chat. =C2=A0There are still a few online sell=
ers who can appreciate Mulberry's high
powers, perhaps some academics (and other professionals) who keep in touch =
with students/clients that way.
--=C2=A0
Gleason
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</style></head><body><p class=3D"norm">Christer,</p><p> </p><p cla=
ss=3D"norm"></p><blockquote class=3D"Odd QOdd rt" prefix=3D"> ">[..=
]<blockquote class=3D"Even QEven rt" prefix=3D">> ">I'm replying=
simply to say that you're not the only Mulberry user<br/>
left, and to ask that if you find a solution to the W11 problem, you<br/>
let the forum know. I should mention that I have Thunderbird as well<=
br/>
on my computer, but it hasn't managed to replace Mulberry.</blockquote></bl=
ockquote><p class=3D"norm"><br/></p><blockquote class=3D"Odd QOdd rt" prefi=
x=3D"> ">Just chiming in to say there are indeed other (very) activ=
e<br/>
Mulberry users out there still. It's the only desktop client I use,<br/>
as it has been for the past two decades.</blockquote><p class=3D"norm"><br/=
></p><blockquote class=3D"Odd QOdd rt" prefix=3D"> ">It's been seve=
ral years since I ran a client on Windows though (I<br/>
don't know how to build for Windows, and the severely outdated<br/>
bundled OpenSSL libs in the pre-compiled version makes it nigh<br/>
unusable against modern servers), but I build and run my own on<br/>
(Debian/Ubuntu) Linux, and it still performs as well as it always<br/>
has. The 32-bitness is a pain, and I really would like to be able to<br/>
build it against an OpenSSL version of today, but you get by.</blockquote><=
p class=3D"norm"><br/></p><blockquote class=3D"Odd QOdd rt" prefix=3D">&=
nbsp;">One of these days(..) I do intend to gather my minor build fixes on<=
br/>
GitHub, but it hasn't happened yet - in part due to an ever-growing<br/>
todo list, and in part simply because I don't know who else might be<br/>
interested. If I've underestimated the interest in something like<br/>
this, please do let me know, and perhaps I can give it a slight<br/>
bump. Particularly if someone who's an actual developer could help<br/>
out with some minor fixes here and there - I usually have to work<br/>
around issues, rather than actually fix them.</blockquote><p class=3D"norm"=
>I think that we here would be delighted if Mulberry could be brought up to=
date with current internet conditions.</p><p class=3D"norm">The market for=
even medium level imap competence is slim these days though. The Bat=
being the only not free</p><p class=3D"norm">player now that I am aware of=
, that still gets frequent updates. High level imap never did</p><p c=
lass=3D"norm">get a lot of takers. Which is why Mulberry is in the st=
ate we find it in. Email generally is fading away</p><p class=3D"norm=
">in favor of webmail and phone chat. There are still a few online se=
llers who can appreciate Mulberry's high</p><p class=3D"norm">powers, perha=
ps some academics (and other professionals) who keep in touch with students=
/clients that way.<br/></p><p class=3D"norm"><br/></p><div class=3D"email-s=
ignature">-- <p class=3D"norm"><br/></p>Gleason</div></body>
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