Larc wrote:
> Piet wrote:
> | Larc wrote:
> | >
T...@t-bonham.net wrote:
> | > | I fear that someday I may have to stop using Eudora, when an OS update
> | > | makes it unworkable. What do I switch to then? | I'm leaning toward
> | > | Thunderbird. I really would like to retain the 23 years (90,000 email
> | > | messages that I have saved.
> | >
> | > That can be done. Google to find and then install Thunderbird 31.6.0 with
> | > Eudora still installed. That is the last version that enabled switchover
> | > from Eudora. When it's installed, simply upgrade to the latest Thunderbird
> | > (currently 52.9.1). Once you are sure everything you wanted to keep was
> | > saved, you can uninstall Eudora. It worked great for me.
> |
> | I tried it long ago. It was such a horrendous disaster that I gave up.
> | As of yet Eudora still works like a charm for me, under Win 7, 8, 10.
> | I do use Thunderbird too, but only for news. For mail it doesn't even
> | pass my man-or-boy test: the group or list syntax that was already
> | present in RFC822. Eudora handles that just fine. And Thunderbird
> | doesn't even come close to the configuration and parametrization
> | possibilities of Eudora, in particular by means of its .ini file(s).
>
> It was an intensive process getting Thunderbird set up properly.
It wasn't/isn't just a matter of setting up. A basic problem of Thunderbird
as mail client is that it tries to combine the official RFC-defined Internet
world with Microsoft's self-invented world. Although it isn't self-invented
in the true sense of the word: MS failed to make the transition to Internet
mail and got stuck in the past. That was in the 80's when I used Unix with
(non-RFC-conformant) delivermail and switched to (RFC-conformant) sendmail.
> But once I did, it has been working quite satisfactorily.
You're lucky. I never got that far, and loosing 10 years or so of mail, and
in particular attachments, wasn't an option and thus a showstopper.
> I do miss Eudora a bit
I can imagine why...
> but not the problems
Eudora (i.e. Eudora 7) does have some problems, in particular a very nasty
race condition, but I've found a workaround that I can live with.
> I had once I started using multiple Gmail addresses
I don't and won't use gmail and similar services. I have several accounts
with a "normal" provider that I'm very happy with, and I'm using literally
dozens of e-mail addresses. And it all works fine with Eudora.
> than Stunnel could fix). Windows keeps moving on while Eudora stands still.
True. But as yet I don't see an equally flexible serious alternative.
> It's all too clear what that means for Eudora's future unless somebody steps
> in and modernizes it.
Agreed. But I may not live long enough to see that happen. And with "happen"
I don't mean just modernization in the sense of alpha or beta versions, but
a truly usable modernized version. So as long as Eudora works I'll use it.
-p