I Was Wondering???

[Basil Chupin]

On 04/09/11 17:01, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 16:42 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 04/09/11 15:48, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>> 2011/9/4 Pastor JW<pastor_jw at the-inner-circle.org>:
>> [pruned]
>>
>>
>>>>> Well, the solution is very easy: Just don't read those posts.
>>>>> By the way, I wonder if there is a way to filter out top posted posts
>>>>> and those with HTML so I don't need to see them. I guess I have to
>>>>> investigate that.
>>>> Its simple, in your filter setup select "content-type" select "contains" and
>>>> select "text/html" then under actions select "move into folder" and put "Local
>>>> Folders/trash" in the remaining requester box and your html messages are all
>>>> automatically shifted to the trash folder without you even have to look at
>>>> them!
>>> In which email client? I don't use one at all, I just log in to GMail
>>> with my browser.
>>
>> Why do that? Why not simply use Thunderbird and set it up to use gmail
>> as the "post office" for your POP mail? No need to start up your
>> browser, just run Thunderbird. You then receive/send all your mail using
>> TB. You read it, think about it, reply to it, edit it as many times as
>> you wish over the next several days if you want to, and then send it off
>> at your leisure. You are not constrained by having to come up with
>> something to say while you are sitting there staring at the browser.
>>
>> By using Thunderbird you have full control over how your mail is presented.
>>
>> Setting up this process is as simple as falling off a log. Full
>> instructions are on the gmail site.
>>
>> I have such an account, and do does my wife (and we both use TB).
> Through it's ups and downs, I have always preferred Evolution, the
> "Outlook Killer".<grins>  Ric

The only trouble with what you just stated is that only you and the 
person who is maintaining revolution (without the 'r') know about it. 
Oh, sorry, forgot to write, "and the other 5 or so people who also use it".

:-D

(And now for the flame-war......Let it begin....Asbestos suit 
on....Action! Cameras!...'Pictures at 11'....."God, I love the smell of 
napalm the first thing in the morning!")

BC

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