Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:39:12 -0600 From: Gary <medmanks@mindspring.com> Message-Id: <20001124223912.224db2d6.medmanks@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [SLE] Balsa, mahogany, kmail.... On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 04:39:59 -0900 (AKST) Dee McKinney = DM> put this forth: DM> Corvin Russell <corvinr@sympatico.ca> wrote: DM> > Has anyone tried Balsa or Mahogany? I can't help but think that this DM> > is one case where the OSS development model has not worked. We have a DM> > lot of half-baked loaves when for the same effort we probably could DM> > have had a loaf of bread if people has just cooperated... but not to DM> > be pessimistic, perhaps Balsa and Mahogany are good? Any reports? There is a new GTK one called Sylpheed in active development. Very similar to Winders Becky. It is *very* fast, good filtering, mulitple POP accounts, can use your own editor - uses only MH style mail. I use it and Mutt. Check it out on freshmeat, get in the new English egroup, author is a nice college student in Japan, very amenable to implementing your ideas, etc. -- Best regards, Gary