Is T-Bird suitable for gmail from multiple devices?

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 01/14/2013 03:25 PM, James Freer wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 13 January 2013 17:11, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A recent posting extolling Thunderbird has me curious: I use gmail
>>> exclusively, and like the fact that I get a consistent view from both
>>> my desktop and my laptops.
>>>
>>> Can the same thing be said of T-bird?  The last I used such a tool was
>>> about a decade ago, and whichever device saw mail first then hid it
>>> from the others.  I could sure use a more mail-list friendly
>>> interface...
>>
>> With a single IMAP account, no rules or automatic filtering - or
>> *just* server-side filtering - yes, it's doable.
>>
>> But the reason I stopped using it was the inconvenience of using
>> multiple devices.
>>
>> Once I'd created my ~100 rules and ~80 folders on Gmail, well, I might
>> as well just keep using Gmail, it seemed to me.
>> --
>> Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile
>
> I don't quite follow the gist of this post....
	Well, Kevin was just inquiring about what other thought of using 
Thunderbird across multiple computers.
	Liam then presented his case, where Thunderbird is not suitable: 
Wanting the consistent look across multiple computers _and_ his phone, 
an Android based device.
	Just people voicing their opinion. Your case, using Alpine, works for 
you, but wouldn't fit my usage. I want/need to be able to easily see the 
images. But since I rarely use email on something other than a full 
computer, Thunderbird works nicely for me getting the consistency.

>  I used the gmail UI for
> some years and found it excellent particularly as a school teacher
> when i would log into different machines to read mail. The gmail UI is
> the best i've come across... there isn't really much cause for using a
> mail client.
>
> For the last couple of years i have to confess i find the adverts a
> pain and tried T-bird and Evolution. I have to say i found them slow
> on imap... and then discovered Alpine. A text email client is well
> worth using and in Alpine's case it's a tried and proven University
> mailing client with widespread international use. With Ubuntu releases
> each six months all one has to do is save one's .pinerc file and mail
> will be available without further setting up each release. I use it
> 'remotely' i.e. i don't download the headers... just looks on the
> server - with would be what you require for several machines. It's
> that simple and i can send you my .pinerc if you want to have a look.
> It's quite easy to set up though and the alternative text email client
> Mutt may be to your liking for configurability but took me about a
> week to get working properly. Alpine has a wonderful help file and i
> love it... although some ways of doing things are a bit dated now but
> no bugs , glitches or whatever.
>
> I still use the gmail UI sometimes (like for this reply) as i'd seen
> 24 posts and wanted to read them though in order - forget graphical
> email clients they're too slow.
>
> james
>


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