Re: Email programs that work.

[Ernst-Magne Vindal <ernst@vindal.com>]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Steve Lamb wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:24:00 -0700
> From: Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Email programs that work.
> Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:24:13 -0500 (CDT)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Dmitri Minaev wrote:
> > I use Sylpheed. Not a gem, but suitable, especially with full
> > keyboard control. I could live with TB, too, but I was too annoyed by
> > its' inability to copy a sent message to 'Sent' IMAP folder (recent
> > messages at mozillazine forums show that the problem still
> > persists...)
>
>    ....  Uhm, not sure why you believe this to be the case.  One of the
> reasons I use Thunderbird is because of its ability to store sent mail on an
> IMAP store.  Prior to Thunderbird it was one of the requirements of moving to
> a pure IMAP store which I found lacking, even in Sylpheed-claws.  Granted that
> was a few years ago so S-C might have it now.  But no, Thunderbird, as long as
> I have used it (.5, .6?) has been capable of storing sent mail to an IMAP
> store.  In fact, here's the relevant preference directive:
>
> user_pref("mail.identity.id1.fcc_folder", "imap://grey@imap.dmiyu.org/outbox");
>
>
> --
>         Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?
>       PGP Key: 8B6E99C5       |   And dream I do...
> -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------

Yes, and so does Pine. I've used Pine for several years and the only thing 
I sometimes miss is the view and count of new messages in folder list. And 
yes, its imap i use.

/ernst-magne

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