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Re: musings about an RB community email client

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Subject: Re: musings about an RB community email client
From: Kimball Larsen <kimball at kimballlarsen dot com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:58:32 -0700
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References: <8F17E477-B386-492D-B5F3-A2F02BC93A62 at inspiringapps dot com> <191F6F50-52DD-4D10-BB5C-E8807236E868 at bradrhine dot com> <48CB3B3F-6459-4E44-ACD9-08BC59F4F3E1 at inspiringapps dot com> <AEBF80A2-652D-4A14-B9B1-3C8330EFD0DE at tolisgroup dot com>
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> Be sure that we include a "do not load images" option as the
> retrieval of the images from a remote site can let spam list
> maintainers know that you're a live address.

I would propose that we expand the "do not load" stuff to include any  
external item, not just images.

Also, we would need to think hard about imap vs pop support, ssl, all  
the different auth techniques that are common, and how to  
intelligently deal with spam.  In my case, I have things set up on my  
own server to allow me to forward mail that I consider spam back to  
my server so that it will learn.  I much prefer to have my server  
filter my mail than to have my mail client do so.

Rules are a huge deal to me - the more robust the better.  One thing  
I like about Apple Mail is that the matching criteria for their rules  
are expandable - I can specify any header or combination thereof to  
match or ignore.  Now, on the flip side, I do wish that the options  
for what to do after the mail matched a rule were as robust.  Perhaps  
the applescript stuff that has been proposed will address this.

I still know people (relatives, mostly) that print out mail they  
receive so they can read it.   We'd need to make sure that printing  
is handled gracefully and elegantly.

And finally, I will not use a mail program that cannot integrate with  
my address book on OS X.  That's the only reason I don't use  
Thunderbird.

-- Kimball 


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