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Topic: Request for 'i.Scribe' e-mail .DSL extension, Small, compact, well featured MUA

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Delboy

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Posted: Nov. 18 2004,21:49

Can one you gurus please have a go at making a proper working .dsl of the freeware linux version of i.Scribe (see Memecode website). It comes as a .bz2 file. I tried to make a .dsl of this myself as I couldn't get any of the Thunderbird .dsls to work on either of my two machines and I new it would be too slow for my old laptop anyway. It worked partially - enough to show that the functions including integrated contact database and calendar and pop3 mailbox preview worked, all of which I would like. This MUA has anti virus and anti-spam safeguards too.
(I posted this before yesterday but can't find any trace of it!)

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Posted: Nov. 19 2004,00:09

why not just use Sylpheed?

It's really nice.

besides, there are almost no viruses out there for linux.

What 460-something over the last 6 years?

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Posted: Nov. 19 2004,09:38

Sylpheed is nice and I used it for months on earlier versions of DSL. I still use its big brother Sylpheed-claws for the main windows family PC computer which is loaded with AVG anti-virus (yesterday's Netsky B e-mail was stopped OK!). For my small 12.5"TFT laptop screen (which I like) space and display efficiently is important. I found sylpheed a bit cramped. I have been using debian's Xfmail (via apt-get) for this reason for 6 months. There is very little display clutter but is still limited, no mime support and buggy. I miss the pop3 mailbox preview feature on my windows machine e-mail clients that Sylpheed does not provide. I occasionally am guilty of forwarding viruses to work contacts by replying to e-mails in .DSL Xfmail without realising. I would welcome a new client like i.Scribe with some of these built -in safeguards.
Being small, it is in keeping with the keep-it-small DSL ethos.

ico2

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Posted: Nov. 20 2004,23:08

hmmmmm, if they use windows, they will get viruses LOL

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Delboy

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Posted: Nov. 22 2004,18:05

The other thing I like about 'inScribe' mail (windows version) is the option to have all messages headers in your message browser followed by the first 4 x lines of each message in blue, small font which allows you to close down the viewer pane default - no more opening and closing old mails to see what they are about. Linux version imports Outlook and Eudora mails which must be attractive to a potential DSL convert. Mails are stored in identical format to linux version ie. I could swap between linux and windows installations if er... there was a linux .dsl version of this. I'll shut up now.

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