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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / June 2006I'm back to Eudora!
Well, after a number of years with Mail, having spent a long time with Eudora before that (and intermittently in between), I've returned to Eudora. Why?, it's a number of reasons really. Until the Latest version of Mail, I had been very happy with it, with no real issues at all. However, there are too many bugs now, and I can no longer risk my messages with it. My daughter's iMac recently lost sent messages, although she is a light user of it. I haven't suffered this as yet, but it can only be a matter of time. I also find that it doesn't always download messages, although other clients do. Quoting is now broken, and quoting colours never work properly when editing a reply. Signatures no longer get stripped in a reply. It's a shame, as it is essentially a good mail client, that mostly does what I need - the Rules are much better than the Filters in Eudora for example. However, Eudora has always proved to be a reliable client for storing email. I would use Thunderbird, but that too has managed to lose sent messages, and it can't handle multiple signatures. So, it's a return to the old stalwart, despite its terrible HTML handling (something I also require, but at least there is a workaround), and dated interface. Indeed, my daughter (who is only 11), saw me using it and asked to have Eudora installed as well. So there you go, I got another convert at the same time :-)  SignatureAndy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor) <http://andyhewitt.webhop.net/> (updated Nov. 2005) > So, it's a return to the old stalwart, despite its terrible HTML > handling (something I also require, but at least there is a workaround), > and dated interface. Indeed, my daughter (who is only 11), saw me using > it and asked to have Eudora installed as well. So there you go, I got > another convert at the same time :-) Eudora does what good emailers are supposed to - it keeps the priorities of a good email system. It stores mail efficiently, makes it comparatively easy to find information in your mailboxes, is very configurable, and is stable. I'm glad it keeps HTML formatting at arm's length. Better to leave that to webmail, IMO. Welcome home! Rifty SignatureAcademic and Computing Help http://rifty.net > > So, it's a return to the old stalwart, despite its terrible HTML > > handling (something I also require, but at least there is a workaround), [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > configurable, and is stable. I'm glad it keeps HTML formatting at arm's > length. Better to leave that to webmail, IMO. I don't entirely agree there. It doesn't keep HTML at bay at all, but makes a half-arsed attempt to deal with it. I wouldn't mind if they made a definite effort to prevent it being displayed altogether, IIRC KMail and one or two others can do this, where they'll display plain text and strip all the garbage out. Now *that* would be ideal, I wouldn't mind that if I could still understand the content, but the way it does it now, you just see a mess. I believe it only requires the addition of one feature (tables) to display most pages in HTML in a readable manner. > Welcome home! Cheers :-) SignatureAndy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor) <http://andyhewitt.webhop.net/> (updated Nov. 2005) > I don't entirely agree there. It doesn't keep HTML at bay at all, but > makes a half-arsed attempt to deal with it. I wouldn't mind if they made [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that if I could still understand the content, but the way it does it > now, you just see a mess. I don't agree. You don't have to download the graphics (I have Eudora set not to do so) and you can usually see what's there without. But one click downloads them if you wish- and of course 'open in Browser' works perfectly. So you get graduated options to fetch just as little as you want- or as much as you need to understand *if* you want to see more. Because Macs multitask so well, even under the Classic OS it was a very practical way of working. Now, with a superb properly multitasking OS, it's a piece of cake, and it means that Eudora doesn't have to be updated to cope with every twist and turn of the Browser Kiddies' art. I think Qualcomm are doing it fairly right. SignaturePeter > > I don't entirely agree there. It doesn't keep HTML at bay at all, but > > makes a half-arsed attempt to deal with it. I wouldn't mind if they made [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > click downloads them if you wish- and of course 'open in Browser' works > perfectly. Almost. Open in Browser does not work with imported emails. Actually I might try the no graphics option, that might speed things up a bit. > So you get graduated options to fetch just as little as you want- or as > much as you need to understand *if* you want to see more. Because Macs > multitask so well, even under the Classic OS it was a very practical way > of working. Now, with a superb properly multitasking OS, it's a piece of > cake, and it means that Eudora doesn't have to be updated to cope with > every twist and turn of the Browser Kiddies' art. Most of my chosen HTML messages are fairly good, and not actually that many of them anyway. iTunes update is one, and a couple of online stores I use a lot. > I think Qualcomm are doing it fairly right. It's not bad, but the default settings are what's wrong maybe! SignatureAndy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor) <http://andyhewitt.webhop.net/> (updated Nov. 2005) > You don't have to download the graphics (I have Eudora > set not to do so) and you can usually see what's there without. But one > click downloads them if you wish- and of course 'open in Browser' works > perfectly. Is it possible to configure a keyboard shortcut for 'open in Browser'? SignatureReindeR > Is it possible to configure a keyboard shortcut for 'open in Browser'? Look in system preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse under the Keyboard Shortcuts button. You can program keyboard shortcuts for any or all your applications there. I have Command-Option-B set to execute Eudora's "Open in Browser" command. SignatureRon Walcik Killeen, Texas This email address is not checked. If you want to contact me directly, send to: firstname at lastname dot net. > > Is it possible to configure a keyboard shortcut for 'open in Browser'? > > Look in system preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse under the Keyboard > Shortcuts button. You can program keyboard shortcuts for any or all your > applications there. I have Command-Option-B set to execute Eudora's > "Open in Browser" command. Same here. SignatureKathy - read reviews of other newsgroups in news:news.groups.reviews help for new users at <http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/> Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval at <http://www.gnksa.org/> > > > Is it possible to configure a keyboard shortcut for 'open in Browser'? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Same here. I tried that, but it doesn't work. (I quit Eudora and reopened it even.) I wonder what I'm doing wrong. > > > > Is it possible to configure a keyboard shortcut for 'open in Browser'? > > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I tried that, but it doesn't work. (I quit Eudora and reopened it even.) > I wonder what I'm doing wrong. (OP) I just realized that the shortcut hadn't saved in System Preferences. Now it is, and the command is now on my Eudora menu! > Well, after a number of years with Mail, having spent a long time with > Eudora before that (and intermittently in between), I've returned to [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > it and asked to have Eudora installed as well. So there you go, I got > another convert at the same time :-) I'm like you--started out with Eudora, went to QuickMail, back to Eudora, Netscape Mail, back to Eudora, Outlook Express, back to Eudora, Mail, and back to Eudora yet again. EUDORA RULES! |
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