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[Tero Pesonen]

On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 11:46 +0900, Gryllida wrote:
> On 2/6/10, Tero Pesonen <tero at tpesonen.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 11:37 +0000, Graham Todd wrote:
> >> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:55 +0200
> >> Tero Pesonen <tero at tpesonen.net> uttered these words:
> >>
> >> > - Evolution freezing at startup. Fixed by deleting all local IMAP
> >> > cache and account settings. This has happened a few times. I miss
> >> > KMail.
> >> [snipped]
> >>
> >> Many of the points you raise have been addressed in Super OS at:
> >>
> >> http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_Ubuntu
> >>
> >> and though I've never tried to run KMail you could run it I'm sure.
> >
> > I had never heard of Super OS before. This looks really interesting.
> > Thanks for sharing.
> >
> >> On the other hand, you could use Claws Mail, which I find superior for
> >> just getting mail.  Its in the repos, but make sure to stave off any
> >> problems you have the latest version from Claws-Mail's own Ubuntu PPA,
> >> and its plug-ins.  Go to:
> >>
> >> http://www.claws-mail.org
> >>
> >> the pick the Downloads page on the right, then go to the Ubuntu PPA
> >> page where you'll get instructions on adding the repos to Synaptic,
> >> from the Technical Information link.....or if you want to go directly
> >> there, go to:
> >>
> >> https://launchpad.net/~claws-mail/+archive/ppa
> >
> > I've tried Claws Mail, but it seems impossible to configure it to work
> > with the high contrast inverse accessibility colour scheme I use. I
> > can't remember the details -- but I had a lot of trouble with setting
> > sensible colours and font sizes etc.
> >
> > I currently run Evolution, but another option would be to go back to
> > pine/alpine.
> >
> > Tero Pesonen
> >
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> >
> 
> Small question:
> Why don't you use Thunderbird instead?
> http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

The composer used in Thunderbird 2 will not wrap lines until they are
very long. This means that when one types in text, the lines become
longer than the composer window (a scroll bar appears below) and the
window scrolls right until Thunderbird finally cuts the line. I can
force line breaks before the window start scrolling right by hitting
enter, of course, but then the format=flowed that Thunderbird, like many
other clients these days, wants to use, will get screwed up. 

The composer acting this way is a well-known design flaw in Thunderbird
2. I do not know what this bug's status is on Thunderbird 3.

Tero Pesonen

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