Thunderbird vs Seamonkey

OldGuy

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Jan 7, 2014, 10:21:01 AM1/7/14

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For the same functionality, what is the difference?
Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.

Ed Mullen

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Jan 7, 2014, 10:49:24 AM1/7/14

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OldGuy wrote:
> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>
>

SeaMonkey Mail/News is built on the underlying code that is Thunderbird
so they are essentially the same. The user interfaces are slightly
difference. And, of course, SM is an integrated suite of apps, TB is
not, it's a single-function program.

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WaltS

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Jan 7, 2014, 11:06:40 AM1/7/14

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On 01/07/2014 10:49 AM, Ed Mullen wrote:
> OldGuy wrote:
>> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
>> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>>
>>
>
> SeaMonkey Mail/News is built on the underlying code that is Thunderbird
> so they are essentially the same. The user interfaces are slightly
> difference. And, of course, SM is an integrated suite of apps, TB is
> not, it's a single-function program.
>

I'd say the UI's are very different for the email client, unless I
haven't found the customization options for the SeaMonkey message headers.

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Ed Mullen

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Jan 7, 2014, 11:11:15 AM1/7/14

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What customizations are you talking about, Walt?

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WaltS

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Jan 7, 2014, 11:21:01 AM1/7/14

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On 01/07/2014 11:11 AM, Ed Mullen wrote:
> WaltS wrote:
>> On 01/07/2014 10:49 AM, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>> OldGuy wrote:
>>>> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
>>>> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> SeaMonkey Mail/News is built on the underlying code that is Thunderbird
>>> so they are essentially the same. The user interfaces are slightly
>>> difference. And, of course, SM is an integrated suite of apps, TB is
>>> not, it's a single-function program.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'd say the UI's are very different for the email client, unless I
>> haven't found the customization options for the SeaMonkey message
>> headers.
>>
>
> What customizations are you talking about, Walt?
>

Ability to add buttons to the message header, by right-clicking in the
message header.

Ed Mullen

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Jan 7, 2014, 11:53:49 AM1/7/14

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You get a similar menu in SM by clicking the button above the right-hand
vertical scroll bar.

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David E. Ross

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Jan 7, 2014, 9:04:29 PM1/7/14

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On 1/7/2014 7:21 AM, OldGuy wrote:
> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>
>

I use SeaMonkey only as a browser. I use Thunderbird for mail and
newsgroups.

The reason for not using SeaMonkey for mail and newsgroups? I use three
different browser profiles in SeaMonkey, sometimes switching back and
forth several times an hour. I do not want to terminate my current mail
or newsgroup session each time I switch my browser profile. But in
SeaMonkey, mail and newsgroups are part of the same profile as the
browser. That is, if I switch profiles in SeaMonkey, I not only
terminate my current browser session but also my current mail and
newsgroup session.

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NFN Smith

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Jan 8, 2014, 11:41:51 AM1/8/14

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David E. Ross wrote:
> On 1/7/2014 7:21 AM, OldGuy wrote:
>> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
>> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>>
>>
>
> I use SeaMonkey only as a browser. I use Thunderbird for mail and
> newsgroups.
>
> The reason for not using SeaMonkey for mail and newsgroups? I use three
> different browser profiles in SeaMonkey, sometimes switching back and
> forth several times an hour. I do not want to terminate my current mail
> or newsgroup session each time I switch my browser profile. But in
> SeaMonkey, mail and newsgroups are part of the same profile as the
> browser. That is, if I switch profiles in SeaMonkey, I not only
> terminate my current browser session but also my current mail and
> newsgroup session.
>

I use Seamonkey for both both browser and mail. Part of it is
historical, as I'm one of the guys that dates back to the old Netscape
suite. However, I prefer the relative graphic simplicity (especially
the layout of configuration settings), and that Seamonkey isn't trying
to keep up with Google Chrome.

As far as functional differences between Seamonkey and Thunderbird (or
for that matter, Seamonkey and Firefox), they're mostly non-existent, at
least in what comes directly out of Mozilla. However, if you are into
tweaking things with extensions, there are sometimes more limitations,
as extension developers sometimes develop for only Firefox or
Thunderbird, and may not bother to enable for Seamonkey. For me, I use
fewer mail extensions than browser extensions, and for most of the
extensions I really want, if they don't explicitly support Seamonkey,
then there's a number that have been adjusted by one of the Seamonkey
developers to support Seamonkey.

Because Seamonkey is a suite, where the browser, the mail client (and
yes, the no-longer supported HTML editor) are all bundled together, one
of the negatives is that if you do something that requires a restart of
one, you have to restart the entire suite. For David Ross, he doesn't
like terminating a mail/news session to restart the browser. For me,
it's usually the opposite, that I don't like closing out browser
sessions to restart the mail client.

Smith

OldGuy

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Jan 8, 2014, 4:59:57 PM1/8/14

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So if I like Opera multi-functionality I might like Seamonkey?

goodwin

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Jan 9, 2014, 12:38:28 AM1/9/14

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On 01/08/2014 01:59 PM, OldGuy wrote:

> So if I like Opera multi-functionality I might like Seamonkey?
>
>

No idea - you left out the conversation - old age does that...

chicagofan

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Jan 9, 2014, 1:17:46 PM1/9/14

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OldGuy wrote:
> So if I like Opera multi-functionality I might like Seamonkey?
>
>

I think so... but everyone's different. :) I prefer the combination
mail/news and browser of SM.
bj

Roger Fink

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Jan 10, 2014, 1:55:19 PM1/10/14

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-------- Original Message --------

> For the same functionality, what is the difference?
> Ignore major functions that Seamonkey can do that Thunderbird cannot.
>
>

Well, I don't think you can completely ignore it. If you run into a
major browser screw-up in SeaMonkey - yours or theirs - in the worst
case you could lose your email.

The situation I find it comparable to is hi-fi. Apart from sonic
considerations, a receiver is more convenient than separates, until it
breaks.

NFN Smith

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Jan 10, 2014, 3:17:35 PM1/10/14

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Roger Fink wrote:
> The situation I find it comparable to is hi-fi. Apart from sonic
> considerations, a receiver is more convenient than separates, until it
> breaks.

Or a multi-function printer/scanner.

Smith

Ed Mullen

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Jan 10, 2014, 7:20:15 PM1/10/14

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Have you tried to buy a non-multi-function thing these days? My scanner
died a week or so ago. Went to the store and spent 30 minutes in the
printer/scanner aisle. I found ONE stand-alone scanner. Wound up
buying a multi-function scanner/printer/fax etc. thing. Works great.
It kind of offends me but, hey, they build and we buy.

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