[thelist] A Better Windows Email Client

[.jeff]

muinar,

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> From: m u i n a r
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> > > It also dumps all the attachments in a separate
> > > folder, so I can double check them for viruses.
> > > Makes managing the attachments easier as well.
> > > All in one place for easy sorting.
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> From there, you can move them easily to your projects folder
> and delete all unused files, for instance all .vcf files at
> once. This way you don't keep MBs of useless files for years,
> and everything is in it's place.
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provided you make it a habit to go into your attachment folder everytime something comes in and move the attachments to an appropriate location.  that seems like far more hassle to me than it's worth and one more step to forget.

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> > i find this aspect of eudora very difficult to use.
> > i like having the attachments with the message.  i
> > don't have to look at a folder full of attachments and
> > try to figure out which email message a particular
> > attachment belongs to.
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> Outlook stores all email into 1 single, huge, binary
> folder that is well hidden somewhere deep in the
> windows folder. This is a real horror to me. What if
> that binary file gets damaged after three years?
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i'm well aware that outlook stores everything in a single file (not folder).  it's not hidden deep in the windows folder as you say.  it's actually in the "documents and settings" folder for the particular login that's using outlook.

you're right about the file being susceptible to corruption.  it happens once in a while.  there's a utility to fix it.  i've had to use it before.  it works very well.  i've got *lots* of mail on my computer.  my main pst file is nearing 1 gig and i'm not worried about it.  periodically i go through and archive really old stuff into separate pst files.

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> I appreciate that they give me back the control that MS
> keeps trying to take from me with most of their
> products.
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bah, anti-ms sentiment just reduced your pro-eudora position to me.

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> To switch mail to my notebook, I only need to backup the
> files that have changed in the last seven days or so,
> which saves me a lot of time and hassle.
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how long can it possibly take to copy a single pst file from one machine to another?

.jeff

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