Some newbie issues/questions

Hi.  I've been using *many* different mail readers over the years,
especially mutt in recent months.  I've kept all my mail in MH
format.  I just learned about Sylpheed (Claws), and it seems great!
I'm using Sylpheed 0.8.10 Claws.

However, I do seem to have some problems using the Win32 version on
Windows NT4 and Windows 2000.

1) On my Win NT4 system, Sylpheed had no problem finding my mailboxes
    at D:\home\Mail, and using them as its folder tree.  However, on
    the Win 2000 machine, Sylpheed would *not* let me specify
    C:\home\Mail as the mail location, although that's where all my MH
    folders are.  It *did* let me specify /cygdrive/c/home/Mail, but it
    did not build the folder tree.  It just created a single empty
    mailbox.  This may have to do with Cygwin, although that's
    installed on both systems.  Anyone have any clues about this?

2) On the Win NT4 system, the filters do *not* move messages when I
    fetch new mail.  They do set the colors, so I know the filters are
    being run.  However, the messages are all being left in inbox.
    This works just fine on the Win 2K machine, so I don't know what's
    up.  Any clues?

3) I have two sets of POP/SMTP servers: my own ISP and my work setup.
    I can fetch mail from both, and I can send mail from the work setup
    with no problem.  However, I can't send mail through the person ISP
    SMTP ... I always get 'authentication failed' errors.  The ISP does
    require SSL, so I have that enabled, and it works for POP just
    fine.  However, I can't seem to get through to the SMTP server.
    The ISP is ATTBI, in case anyone knows how to get around that.
    Clues?

    On a related not, Sylpheed lets you set POP and SMTP servers, with
    a single username/password, on the "Basic" tab of the account
    setup.  It also lets you set a separate username/password on the
    "Send" tab.  I thought I could use this to use my work SMTP for
    both mail accounts.  However, Sylpheed seems always to use the
    username/password on the "Basic" tab, even if a different pair is
    specified on the "Send" tab.  So I could not even send mail that
    way.

4) I like to leave messages on the POP server sometimes.  When I'm at
    work, I leave message on my home server, and vice versa.  Sylpheed
    seems to handle this well.  However, I'd like an option to
    selectively delete messages from the server when I delete them
    locally (so I don't have to see the same spam twice!).  I haven't
    found any way to do this.  Does Sylpheed have such a mechanism?

Thanks *very* much!  Sorry for the deluge of questions, but I'm eager
to get going with this software.

-pd


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