Re: Newbie needs linux advice

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:07:25 +0000, Alang <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was using agent with wine until saturday when all of a sudden I
could not post. Select post reply and Agent shut down. Tried PAN as an
alternative but at teh moment can't get the hang of how it is handling
threads and the filters seem non existant. Back on windows for the
time being and using agent again. A good news reader and a way to
export my mail archive from outlook is pretty much all that is
stopping me going over to my linux drive at home for good.

Hmm.. Don't need to hear that ;-)

Seems OK at present and having a backup should cover the odd hiccup but else it
will be Evolution

Andy
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