Marc Wilson wrote:
> 1) when will thunderbird finally gain "reply to list"? I could have sworn
> I saw a patch go by not too long ago somewhere.
Against the next major release. Which was part of the patch notes from
the onset.
> 3) How do I tell thunderbird to stop with its idiotic representation of
> date/time, and always show the date?
I dunno. But this is more cosmetic than anything else. I mean lets face
it, not being able to use an outside SMTP server is a tad more functional.
> 4) how can I cause thunderbird to automatically purge a set of mail folders
> according to a set of rules? Or does that require one of those pesky
> additional programs? What if the mail isn't local?
Uhhh, right click? Properties -> Retention Policy.
> 5) Whyinhell doesn't it download mail headers in the background? Enter a
> folder, wait with a spinning cursor.
Maybe to be nice to low bandwidth people? There's an extension for just that.
> Thunderbird has gotten better since the last time I looked at it. But it's
> still not something I'd want to depend on.
So far basically one functional thing which is coming and 1 cosmetic problem.
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