[sylpheed:31215] Re: Interested user questions

[malkajef]

Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:53:24 -0400
> "malkajef" <malkajef at orthohelp.com> wrote:
>
>> I am playing around with Sylpheed and wanted to ask a few questions
>> that were not in the FAQ.
>>
>> 1. Sylpheed cannot send HTML mail - which is fine with me.  But ca it
>> view HTML mail sent to me?  If yes, when I reply to such messages
>> will it send the reply as HTML or only text?
>>
>> 2. I am not sure from the manual whether Sylpheed can import messages
>> and settings from Outlook Express 6 (latest version).  Can it?
>>
>> 3. I am assuming S can handle both email and newsgroups.  Correct?
>>
>> 4. How does it compare with Thunderbird for email and 40tude Dialog
>> for newsgroups? Strong points vs. weak points.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
> I'm a new user, but to your last point, I gave up on Thunderbird
> because it kept  losing my log in settings for newsgroups.  Right in
> the middle of everything, I had to keep entering my user name and
> password.  Too bad -- it's otherwise a pretty good program.
>
> I find sylpheed a bit sluggish when reading newsgroups, but the e-mail
> portion is just fine for me.

Thanks Jeff.  I too find TB to be fine for email and terrible for
newsgroups. For Newsgroups I'm leaning towards 40tude Dialog but am
evaluating Sylpheed as a single client for both email and news.

Jeff