Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : Adept
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 22:41:32

 Ad> I run it on Win10, with stunnel to handle the bits involving talking to
 Ad> the internet. 
 Ad> 
 Ad> I guess 7.1 was released in 2006. I'm not really sure what version 8.0 of
 Ad> Eudora is, nor if Eudora Open Source Edition (from 2010) was useful or
 Ad> interesting.
 Ad> 
 Ad> And I guess Project HERMES now exists, that was based off of the Eudora
 Ad> source code. But that hasn't seen an update in two years.
 Ad> 

I did get my e-mail working, sort of, with DOS, but just for kicks and giggles.
 Ad>  bo> I don't think I've ever used it, but new clients have so many cool
 Ad>  bo> features to pass up.
 Ad> 
 Ad> Like what?
 Ad> 
 Ad> It's possible that I'm missing various things, but while I use Outlook at
 Ad> work, I can't say there's much there that I appreciate more than having
 Ad> my e-mail databases in plain text.
 Ad> 
 Ad> But I do mean that question seriously; it's possible that I should give
 Ad> up on Eudora. I just haven't heard about any tempting features.
 Ad> 
 Ad> Unlike, oh, browsers, where the closest I'll get to an old browser is
 Ad> using frogfind.com or 68k.news. But I use those because lots of the
 Ad> internet would be better in plain text, not because I want to experience
 Ad> Netscape 1.0.
 Ad> 

Depends on what you are looking for.  For me, I like the GPG integration that comes with Thunderbird and Claws-Mail.  The GPG intergration in Claws-Mail is better.  I also use Mutt, which is extensible.

Anyway, I like having my e-mails stored on disk in a format which allows me to go through them with other tools.  Storing the e-mails in a standard maildir format allows me to use other tools to search through them or manipulate them.  So I can view them with the GUI in Claws-Mail, but if I SSH in, I can still use mutt to access those saved on disk.  I also like the fact with Mutt I can use my own custom editor, which is Emacs, to compose an e-mail.  This gives me the awesome power of Emacs in my e-mail client.

I use a plugin to export the messages after a while to HTML pages, all indexed, so I can archive my e-mails  as items in a web page that you can just click through.

These probably won't matter to you, and I admit they are kind of niche advantages, but for me what I like most of all, is being able to disentangle my e-mails from any particular client quite easily.

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