Re: balsa and deleted mail

["FALLON,DAVID JOSEPH" <dfallon ucla edu>]

Hahahahahaha...

I just had to say, this is hilarious. "Hope this helps."? hahaha!
Obviously, a early priority for balsa should be a grammer checker for this
guy. Then, he can talk trash about balsa using proper english.

	David Fallon

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 michael@selectrec.net wrote:

> I've been looking for a descent mail reader every since
> I switched from win to linux.
> This is application is far from being usable in every day.
> The only thing this app has going for it is the fact that it integrates
> with gnome-card which is another app ("for the moment") that isn't
> very usable. Kmail is the only thing I've found close to being eye pleasing
> & functional.
> The fact that you have to double click on the inbox to get it to show up in
> the upper right pane & no html rendering of links or header information has
> got to
> say something about what stage of development its in.
> Probably when its all said & done this application will be useful.
> Hopefully :  "this will be a good alternative to Evolution if your not
> looking for a all in one app." email/addressbook/calendar/???
> 
> Just my opinion. Hope this helps.
> 
> This message
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasaki Bidemi Bolanle Temidire
> <bidemi@cr23202-a.slnt1.on.wave.home.com>
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Date: Tuesday, 28 December, 1999 3:10 PM
> Subject: balsa and deleted mail
> 
> 
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >I have been using balsa 0.6.0 for about a week now instead of Postilion
> >which I normally use for mail.  For the most part, I am very impressed
> >with its progress.  I love the way that it looks and the fact that it
> >now has addressbook support using gnomecard.  This last part is very
> >nice.
> >
> >There are two things that are keeping me from switching to it over
> >Postilion.  The first and most pressing issue is that my mail never gets
> >deleted!  I delete the messages from the inbox and select "empty trash"
> >from the mailbox menu.  I check the trash folder and all the mail seems
> >to be gone.  But during my next GNOME session, all the mail that was
> >supposedly deleted reappears!  Does any know what is going on here?
> >
> >The second annoying thing is that I have to issue a manual newline when
> >composing new mail.  When I reach the end of a line, Postilion and most
> >mail programs let you keep typing your message without having to worry
> >about hitting the "return" key.  Not so with balsa.  I noticed that
> >this behaviour also exist in gnotepad+ and gedit.  Are they using the
> >same text widgets/code?
> >
> >Has anyone else seen this behaviour?  Am I forgetting a setting here or
> >there?
> >
> >Bidemi Temidire
> >--
> >... PPPoE may not be a real, IETF-approved standard, but it has acquired
> the momentum
> >of a de facto standard.
> >
> >And that means it's probably here to stay, whatever it's shortcomings.  The
> Sympatico
> >rebels will probably have to get used to the fact that, just like VHS
> videocassettes
> >and Microsoft Windows, it's often the second-rater who wins in th end.
> >
> > - Matthew Friedman (a Montreal-based journalist)
> > Symaptico's High-Speed Edition ADSL users revolt
> >
> >
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