Mozilla Thunderbird

[poptones]

Keith, those are some valid points I hadn't considered before and I'm
glad you brought them up. Because I now realize just where this whole
"evolution" thing is headed, and would like the option to do without.

I'm sitting here right now waiting for balsa to update my messages from
the pop3 box because I've grown so tired of evolution. It has oodles of
"features" I do not want and yet lacks one very basic feature I (and
many users) need: the ablity to set the FROM header on a per-email
basis! How they could think it a good idea to require you to create and
entire new "profile" just to change the silly FROM header is beyond me.

I do not need an instant message system integrated into my desktop. I
don't even WANT an IM system integrated into my desktop. What I want
(need) is a lean email client that will allow me to change the FROM
header so I can unsubscribe from a mailing list without having to spend
three minutes creating a new "profile" for each one. I have used dozens
of email addresses (usernames) over the years that all go to my domain
- how is it a "feature" to require me to make a "profile" for every
single one?

Enough ranting about simplke oversight. Maybe I just haven't figured
out how to "enable" this magical feature that comes OOTB with most
other, less "evolved" solutions...

It sounds liek there's a philisophical choice that needs to be made,
and soon. Ubuntu's a really nice distribution, it would be a shame to
see it lose so much simplicity and stability because of somone's
.monophonic agenda. Will "hoary" truly live up to its name when
released? I really don't want my desktop crashing (or wiping out my
userland data) because someone sent me an email that attacks the silly
clock panel. And I really don't want to have to add resource hungry
"antivirus" software to combat it - that's the (second) reason I moved
to linux in the first place.


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poptones