Just recently I noticed that my contacts list in Outlook Express was empty, and it said there were no contacts, and I should click on New Entry to add one. I thought somehow it got deleted, and it's been a while since I backed it up. However, I found the Address Book, and made a copy. Then I found that I could click on the Addresses toolbar icon, and my addresses were all there. WTF? I added a "new" contact, and it did not appear in the Contacts pane, but a duplicate was added to the address book.
I did an online search and found my answer. Apparently, the display can handle only 999 entries, and just blanks out if there are more. So, I deleted a few addresses, and the pane once again showed my contacts.
This is an example of very poor programming. If there is such a limitation, it should be clearly stated in the help file, and some sort of warning should appear when the number is exceeded. Well, what do you expect from a "Free" program?
should be clearly stated in the help file, and some
expect from a "Free" program?
I've just about had it with my OE as well. Especially annoying when you're replying to html messages and you can't delete parts of previous message due to some bizzare reason.
I'm contemplating something more efficient, any recommendations? I tried that firefox add-on/mail client about 1y ago and it was not mature, what's the situation now? Endora? Automated response and sorting to certain keywords would be nice, decent built-in newsgroup reader is a plus too, so is direct import from OE.
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Thunderbird is great, and seems flat reliable. And it lets you delete attachments, which is handy if you send out, say, a lot of routine PDF files or something. I've got about 2 gigs of email, must be 10,000+ emails dating back many years (originally Netscape!) and it's all there.
I am reading bad things about it, such as e-mails and folders lost. Not good! I like the plugins, many very helpfull.
I spent most of the day today checking out various e-mail programs. I like "The Bat" a lot, but it is having problems importing my e-mail from Outlook Express, which is a major annoyance. Its got really good advanced features, though!
I'm now stretched between TB and The Bat. May just postpone switch until TB folks clean up the reliability and produce a working calendar thingy or the bat folks fix the import script.
They killed it. You can still get last version with ads (not the full one), but do you want to lock yourself into a program that is not developed anymore?
I see you need to install all sorts of plugins as well. One to see the jpg files, the other for fonts, yet another to see graphics properly... Can't they pack it up into one simple install file? On the other hand I just installed it and everything seems to be pretty good. A good tip indeed, thanks.
I know and use some already, but thanks! BTW upon studying "the bat" email client it seems like there's nothing you cannot setup in this tiny jewel, amazing.
John Lark>For FF, I like Adblock, FireFtp, InformEnter, and Flashblock,
Make sure you look for the AdBlock *Plus* variant.
For those who are bandwidth-challenged / easily distracted / easily irritated, FlashBlock is a must-have.
PrefBar consolidates extension use and makes it easier to tweak preferences on-the-fly.
When you combine the NukeAnything paradigm (mark the crap you don't want cluttering your screen and make it go poof) with the GreaseMonkey paradigm (add scripts for the sites you like[1] so they always appear as you wish), you get "Platypus"
I tried out Sylpheed a few weeks ago and dropped Thunderbird in favor of it. It's a bit nerdy though, but tons faster. I think a Windows version exists but I don't know how well it works, seeing that Sylpheed is GTK-based. It may be worth a try anyway.
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