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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / April 2010Eudora 8.0b8 is out
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Releases Based on Thunderbird 3.0b4 oddly enough. They must have more work to do to get it to the TB 3.0 GM release... On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:53:21 -0600: > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Releases > > Based on Thunderbird 3.0b4 oddly enough. > They must have more work to do > to get it to the TB 3.0 GM release... A Qualcomm developer did recently note that they are one step further back than the public releases of TB, and were considering whether to delay, to catch up with the official TB3 release, or to release an additional interim E8 beta, and the latter idea evidently prevailed. Thanks for the announcement. -- 6.2.4 was getting a little flaky for me, so I installed 8.0b8. Takes a little getting used to. -- It does render HTML where 6 rarely did correctly -- It automatically configured to my pop account, where I never could get Mac Mail or a few other clients to work -- It did import all of the settings, filters and address book data from 6. It set up the mailboxes and *most* of the mail, but not all. It randomly marked previously read msgs as unread -- It doesn't have a "New Message To" command. I miss that. -- I have a lot of mailboxes that messages are sorted into. 8 could do a better job of marking which mailboxes have new messages so they're easier to find, especially when folders are nested (top level folders might be in bold, I can't tell for sure on my MacBook Pro). -- When starting, 8 opens many mail folders in new windows open that don't have any new messages. After a couple of days, it seems to be pretty reliable. I was worried for awhile that I was losing incoming msgs, but it just wasn't that obvious that folders had new mail. It has a ways to go, but, for my purposes, it's an acceptable upgrade. > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Releases > > Based on Thunderbird 3.0b4 oddly enough. They must have more work to > do to get it to the TB 3.0 GM release... >-- It doesn't have a "New Message To" command. I miss that. Does it do a good job of completing a recipient address if you start to type one? I could live with that option. In fact, I probably rely on that more than "New Message To" in 6.2.4. Patty >> -- It doesn't have a "New Message To" command. I miss that. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Patty Yes, it does a great job with address completion. I'm not sure where it finds the addresses -- old message, address book, maybe both -- but there are duplicates in the list. I agree, it's an acceptable alternative. And in a sense it's easier than the auto completion in 6.2.4, as each new address starts on a new line ... something like a table. >Yes, it does a great job with address completion. I'm not sure where >it finds the addresses -- old message, address book, maybe both -- but >there are duplicates in the list. I agree, it's an acceptable >alternative. I've never figured how how 6.2.4 memorizes addresses for completion. I think it will complete anyone who's in my Recipient list, but beyond that, it's unpredictable. It will refuse to recognize people I write to every week or two, then happily complete the address for someone I just wrote to for the first time in years! Patty > >Yes, it does a great job with address completion. I'm not sure where > >it finds the addresses -- old message, address book, maybe both -- but [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to every week or two, then happily complete the address for someone > I just wrote to for the first time in years! I think it's supposed to be based on addresses in the History list, but yeah, I also find it pretty much unpredictable.  SignatureKathy > I've never figured how how 6.2.4 memorizes addresses for completion. > I think it will complete anyone who's in my Recipient list, but beyond > that, it's unpredictable. It will refuse to recognize people I write > to every week or two, then happily complete the address for someone > I just wrote to for the first time in years! Open the address book with Window>Address Book. Names listed there will auto-complete. Art Evans >> I've never figured how how 6.2.4 memorizes addresses for completion. >> I think it will complete anyone who's in my Recipient list, but beyond [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Open the address book with Window>Address Book. Names listed there will >auto-complete. Yes, that's what I meant by the recipient list. (Although I just remembered that the recipient list can be a subset of the address book.) But it also autocompletes some names that aren't in my address book. That's where the mystery lies. As Kathy noted, it may be based on the history list. Perhaps that one friend of mine it never autocompletes is because I write to her just infrequently enough that her address keeps expiring from the history list. Patty > 6.2.4 was getting a little flaky for me, so I installed 8.0b8. Takes a > little getting used to. > -- It does render HTML where 6 rarely did correctly Since you've already switched to the TBird Eudora, it's a little late to mention this, but for those who haven't switched: Eudora 6.2.4 usually doesn't render HTML correctly, but command-option-b or File | Open in browser will cause the message to open in your default browser which usually does render the message properly. Anecdote: I'm responsible for a library computer and installed Eudora on it. The librarian recently informed me that Macintoshes are incompatible with one of our main book vendors. Since that didn't even make sense, I did a little digging and found that what she really meant was that she couldn't read the HTML emails that they were sending her and didn't know to open them in the browser. I figured the easiest solution was to just install SeaMonkey for her so she'd have an email experience a little more like the Outhouse Express that she's accustomed to. > After a couple of days, it seems to be pretty reliable. I was worried > for awhile that I was losing incoming msgs, but it just wasn't that > obvious that folders had new mail. > > It has a ways to go, but, for my purposes, it's an acceptable upgrade. Thanks for the report. I'm not ready to switch, but it's good to know that there's an acceptable alternative when I am ready. SignatureKathy >> 6.2.4 was getting a little flaky for me, so I installed 8.0b8. Takes a >> little getting used to. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > browser will cause the message to open in your default browser which > usually does render the message properly. I know. I've had to use "Open in Browser" for years. It's slower, always opens a new window or tab (I mostly use Firefox), so lots of panes tend to get lost. Rendering in Eudora 8 is so much better. > Anecdote: I'm responsible for a library computer and installed Eudora on > it. The librarian recently informed me that Macintoshes are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > experience a little more like the Outhouse Express that she's accustomed > to. When xHTML is received my Eudora 6.2.4b6 just can't handle it. For some strange reason they usually show as multiple Emails in my In Box and Open In Browser isn't available. So I either fire up Mail, of do Web Mail. Fortunately I get very few xHTML Emails. |
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