Re: I tried Thunderbird - Don't like it at all

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:31:04 -0500, Jean Smith <gotermite@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In article <Gb6dnc9VXtxrrHDZnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
El Castor <NotAnyone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

jimstevens <jimstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Someone recommended I try Thunderbird to cut the Spam. I used, or
tried to use, it for past couple weeks.

I don't like it at all.

One major problem is it seems to configure itself somehow and just
does not fetch some mail. I suspected some mail was missing and
looked all over the darn program to see if there was a Spam dump where
it sent some mail that it disliked. Could not find it. But, then ran
Outlook Express and saw about 20% of mail was just not being
downloaded. Dunno why???

Second big problem is it has set itself up as default to run when an
email attachment is opened in Outlook Express. That really sucks
since it will then not open pictures I receive from others on recent
wedding. Enough already.

I am not going to dump OE altogether and don't need to figure out TB's
nuances.

Works well here, but I haven't a clue why some of your e-mail wasn't
being downloaded. Hasn't happened to me. Do you have more than one
e-mail account on the server? If you've got an attached picture or
pictures, TB just uses the default app for the particular file
extension you're trying to open. In my case I use ACDSee for jpg's.
Personally, the problem I've always had with OE is that every virus,
trojan, and GD spyware is designed to work with it. That's enough for
me.

In TB, under Server Settings, there is an option for other accounts
"Check for new mail on startup". That box should be checked for all
accounts.

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned
into."
Jonathan Swift

Does TB have a mailbox for spam or junk mail? Perhaps it sorted some mail into
another mailbox. My Mac Mail sometimes sorts mail into Junk when the return
address doesn't match the source domain.

Yes. It does designate certain Emails as "junk" and place them in the
Junk mailbox. But you can click a box and tell TB that this
particular sender is Not Junk and it won't do it again.

I have no problem with TB showing pictures either. There is an option
to block "showing of remote images" and another "unless the sender
is in my personal address book".

.

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