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Jerry Houston

13 Nov 2008 13 Nov '08

22:57

Well, not exactly first ... I've been using it for more than a week now. It's completely replaced Thunderbird for me on my Linux machines. (And that's saying a lot, because I've been an enthusiastic Thunderbird user on Windows and Linux for years.) I've been told that KMail will even be available for Windows eventually, although it's apparently not a high priority for KDE right now. Kmail just does things more intuitively, or does them better. Its message editor doesn't insert or remove newlines at random. It's easier to create message filters. Folders can be individually set up to allow HTML and to download images, where appropriate. Or not. It doesn't tell me every day that the weather report from my local TV station is junk, despite my telling it every day that it's not junk. I could list another few dozen examples, but I'll keep this message short. If you've ever had to learn to live with *any* annoying problems with your email client, give KDE4 KMail a try. I'm betting you'll become a devoted user in no time at all. Community support is great, too. While making the transition from Thunderbird, I've asked a few questions on the KDE mailing list. (There were some option settings that I knew had to be available, but I wasn't sure where to look for them.) When I've done that, I've never waited more than 10 minutes for a helpful answer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Diego Tognola

14 Nov 14 Nov

12:07

Does it finally support composing HTML emails ? On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:57:21 am Jerry Houston wrote:

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Well, not exactly first ... I've been using it for more than a week now. It's completely replaced Thunderbird for me on my Linux machines. (And that's saying a lot, because I've been an enthusiastic Thunderbird user on Windows and Linux for years.)

I've been told that KMail will even be available for Windows eventually, although it's apparently not a high priority for KDE right now.

Kmail just does things more intuitively, or does them better. Its message editor doesn't insert or remove newlines at random. It's easier to create message filters. Folders can be individually set up to allow HTML and to download images, where appropriate. Or not. It doesn't tell me every day that the weather report from my local TV station is junk, despite my telling it every day that it's not junk.

I could list another few dozen examples, but I'll keep this message short. If you've ever had to learn to live with *any* annoying problems with your email client, give KDE4 KMail a try. I'm betting you'll become a devoted user in no time at all.

Community support is great, too. While making the transition from Thunderbird, I've asked a few questions on the KDE mailing list. (There were some option settings that I knew had to be available, but I wasn't sure where to look for them.) When I've done that, I've never waited more than 10 minutes for a helpful answer.

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Randall R Schulz

13:47

On Friday 14 November 2008 04:07, Diego Tognola wrote:

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Does it finally support composing HTML emails ?

Yes, if you don't expect much... It does in version 1.9, anyway. I forget when it first appeared. I think the KMail developers aren't too keen on it and did a pretty half-hearted job.

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Sunny

15:32

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Diego Tognola wrote:

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Does it finally support composing HTML emails ?

Why the hell a hard core linux user will need HTML emails? Can't you use KWrite and export as pdf. Slow day, just kidding :) Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Kai Ponte

21:05

On Friday 14 November 2008 04:07:47 am Diego Tognola wrote:

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Does it finally support composing HTML emails ?

Yes - It does support some HMTL, like colors and fonts. Don't get your hopes up in trying to compose a nice-looking picture-laden HTML email. In fact, I just tried sending an HTML email to the list using KMail and got denied...

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Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist

opensuse@opensuse.org

I'm sorry to inform you that your message could not be delivered to the list. Your mail was rejected because it matched a rule set up by the list administrator.

This list does not allow:

* HTML mails

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--- below this line the first 100 lines of the denied message --->

<snip>

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<html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /></head><body style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Monospace"> On Friday 14 November 2008 04:07:47 am Diego Tognola wrote: > Does it finally support composing HTML emails ? Not really. This email is sent in HTML format but I wouldn't be able to insert images inline or anything like that. I can do some formatting like writing

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Diego Tognola

23:54

Sigh, my typical use case is not even composing a new email, but just to reply to a HTML formatted email. It somehow just is embarrassing to explain to Windoze-based business partners that my replies looks so scrambled because I am using Linux ;-/ On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:05:17 am Kai Ponte wrote:

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On Friday 14 November 2008 04:07:47 am Diego Tognola wrote:

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Does it finally support composing HTML emails ?

Yes - It does support some HMTL, like colors and fonts. Don't get your hopes up in trying to compose a nice-looking picture-laden HTML email.

In fact, I just tried sending an HTML email to the list using KMail and got denied...

...
Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist

opensuse@opensuse.org

I'm sorry to inform you that your message could not be delivered to the list. Your mail was rejected because it matched a rule set up by the list administrator.

This list does not allow:

* HTML mails

--- below this line the first 100 lines of the denied message --->

<snip>

...
<html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /></head><body style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Monospace"> On Friday 14 November 2008 04:07:47 am Diego Tognola wrote: > Does it finally support composing HTML emails ? Not really. This email is sent in HTML format but I wouldn't be able to insert images inline or anything like that. I can do some formatting like writing

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Fred A. Miller

15 Nov 15 Nov