Today, I concluded that there is no way that I can accept Thunderbird as having anything that even remotely resembles an email client.
It is, at best, a toy for people who never receive email. A category that I am not in.
A pity, because that means that there are no email clients for Linux that use a GUI.
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Showing posts with label thunderbird. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Thunderbird bugs
Way back in 2006 I filed a bug report for Thunderbird using the mozilla bugzilla.
Today it was closed due to insufficient information.
What they wanted was a copy of the logs that Thunderbird generates.
Between the fact that I turn Thunderbird logging off, and that my workaround consists of either doing everything sequentially, or using different email clients to retrieve email, I did not have the logs they requested.
I was under the impression that the bug report was closed years ago, as "will not fix". One of the developers told me that the described scenario is outside of the design specifications for Thunderbird. As such, Thunderbird is not a suitable email client for me, and the patch I requested is not suitable for including in Thunderbird.
I am at a complete loss as to how having log files --- any log files --- would help them code the requested patch. Especially since the parameters are provided in the original bug report.
And people wonder why I don't recommend Thunderbird, on the basis that it does not retrieve email.
Today it was closed due to insufficient information.
What they wanted was a copy of the logs that Thunderbird generates.
Between the fact that I turn Thunderbird logging off, and that my workaround consists of either doing everything sequentially, or using different email clients to retrieve email, I did not have the logs they requested.
I was under the impression that the bug report was closed years ago, as "will not fix". One of the developers told me that the described scenario is outside of the design specifications for Thunderbird. As such, Thunderbird is not a suitable email client for me, and the patch I requested is not suitable for including in Thunderbird.
I am at a complete loss as to how having log files --- any log files --- would help them code the requested patch. Especially since the parameters are provided in the original bug report.
And people wonder why I don't recommend Thunderbird, on the basis that it does not retrieve email.
Friday, 26 February 2010
email clients
I'm still looking for an email client that works.
An email client that can retrieve email, without needing a babysitter.
I've settled for Thunderbird, simply because, with a babysitter, it can retrieve email. That is more than can be said for the other email clients that run on Linux.
Every RFE/bug I submitted was closed "won't fix", because the functionality I was requesting --- which was the ability to retrieve email --- was considered to be something that is not in accordance with their concept of what an email client does.
The Mozilla Foundation seems determined to ensure that Thunderbird remain something other than an email client.
Go to the Thunderbird extensions page, and do a search for extensions that have "Search" as a keyword. "Weave Browser sync", "eBay Auction Search", and "Second Search" are just some Firefox orientated extensions that come up.
An email client that can retrieve email, without needing a babysitter.
I've settled for Thunderbird, simply because, with a babysitter, it can retrieve email. That is more than can be said for the other email clients that run on Linux.
Every RFE/bug I submitted was closed "won't fix", because the functionality I was requesting --- which was the ability to retrieve email --- was considered to be something that is not in accordance with their concept of what an email client does.
The Mozilla Foundation seems determined to ensure that Thunderbird remain something other than an email client.
Go to the Thunderbird extensions page, and do a search for extensions that have "Search" as a keyword. "Weave Browser sync", "eBay Auction Search", and "Second Search" are just some Firefox orientated extensions that come up.
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