Thunderbird
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:55:04 GMT
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:58:41 GMT
Adam Curry
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">One of the advantages of my MacBook Air <a href="http://blog.curry.com/stories/2012/02/20/movingToMountainGoat.html">Mountain Goat migration</a> is that I am being exposed to new applications.</span><a name="oneOfTheAdvantagesOfMyMacbookAirAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120220movingtomountaingoathtmlmountainGoatMigrationaIsThatIAmBeingExposedToNewApplications"> </a><a href="#oneOfTheAdvantagesOfMyMacbookAirAHrefhttpblogcurrycomstories20120220movingtomountaingoathtmlmountainGoatMigrationaIsThatIAmBeingExposedToNewApplications"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Whenever I need an app, I just grab whatever Ubuntu offers as the default before I go looking for an alternative, if needed.</span><a name="wheneverINeedAnAppIJustGrabWhateverUbuntuOffersAsTheDefaultBeforeIGoLookingForAnAlternativeIfNeeded"> </a><a href="#wheneverINeedAnAppIJustGrabWhateverUbuntuOffersAsTheDefaultBeforeIGoLookingForAnAlternativeIfNeeded"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Enter <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a></span><a name="enterAHrefhttpwwwmozillaorgenusthunderbirdthunderbirda"> </a><a href="#enterAHrefhttpwwwmozillaorgenusthunderbirdthunderbirda"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Hallelujah, where have you been all my life!</span><a name="hallelujahWhereHaveYouBeenAllMyLife"> </a><a href="#hallelujahWhereHaveYouBeenAllMyLife"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Of course Thunderbird has been around for a while, but I hadn't tried it out in several years, and had pretty much become a slave to Apple's "Mail" program.</span><a name="ofCourseThunderbirdHasBeenAroundForAWhileButIHadntTriedItOutInSeveralYearsAndHadPrettyMuchBecomeASlaveToApplesMailProgram"> </a><a href="#ofCourseThunderbirdHasBeenAroundForAWhileButIHadntTriedItOutInSeveralYearsAndHadPrettyMuchBecomeASlaveToApplesMailProgram"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The list is too long to mention, but Thunderbird really ticks all the boxes for me.</span><a name="theListIsTooLongToMentionButThunderbirdReallyTicksAllTheBoxesForMe"> </a><a href="#theListIsTooLongToMentionButThunderbirdReallyTicksAllTheBoxesForMe"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Most impressive is how it archives all my email and folders from the server and stores it in a local database that has blazingly fast contextual search. Beautiful.</span><a name="mostImpressiveIsHowItArchivesAllMyEmailAndFoldersFromTheServerAndStoresItInALocalDatabaseThatHasBlazinglyFastContextualSearchBeautiful"> </a><a href="#mostImpressiveIsHowItArchivesAllMyEmailAndFoldersFromTheServerAndStoresItInALocalDatabaseThatHasBlazinglyFastContextualSearchBeautiful"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">T-Bird's spam function is also outstanding. It outperforms all programs I've used before and even lets you train it's filters before you enabled the filing/deleting of spam messages.</span><a name="tbirdsSpamFunctionIsAlsoOutstandingItOutperformsAllProgramsIveUsedBeforeAndEvenLetsYouTrainItsFiltersBeforeYouEnabledTheFilingdeletingOfSpamMessages"> </a><a href="#tbirdsSpamFunctionIsAlsoOutstandingItOutperformsAllProgramsIveUsedBeforeAndEvenLetsYouTrainItsFiltersBeforeYouEnabledTheFilingdeletingOfSpamMessages"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The only weird thing I've noticed is that the default setup places your repliy to an email at the bottom of the original, which does not seem standard email practice. It is easily changed in the Account Prefrences pane.</span><a name="theOnlyWeirdThingIveNoticedIsThatTheDefaultSetupPlacesYourRepliyToAnEmailAtTheBottomOfTheOriginalWhichDoesNotSeemStandardEmailPracticeItIsEasilyChangedInTheAccountPrefrencesPane"> </a><a href="#theOnlyWeirdThingIveNoticedIsThatTheDefaultSetupPlacesYourRepliyToAnEmailAtTheBottomOfTheOriginalWhichDoesNotSeemStandardEmailPracticeItIsEasilyChangedInTheAccountPrefrencesPane"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Bravo to the Thunderbird team. You are kicking ass on helping simple Human Resources manage the biggest info glut in our digital lives.</span><a name="bravoToTheThunderbirdTeamYouAreKickingAssOnHelpingSimpleHumanResourcesManageTheBiggestInfoGlutInOurDigitalLives"> </a><a href="#bravoToTheThunderbirdTeamYouAreKickingAssOnHelpingSimpleHumanResourcesManageTheBiggestInfoGlutInOurDigitalLives"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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