Hi all,

been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
usenet.

Anyhow, will try to be more present. Just came back from Turin and
Milan, a lot of good wines tasted. Anyone ever try the wines of Fulvio
Bressan? His Pinot Nero is incredibly intense and peppery, though like
no other PN I have tasted...

cheers

Mike

On Sat, 11 May 2013 17:00:38 +0200, Mike Tommasi >
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>usenet.
>
>Anyhow, will try to be more present. Just came back from Turin and
>Milan, a lot of good wines tasted. Anyone ever try the wines of Fulvio
>Bressan? His Pinot Nero is incredibly intense and peppery, though like
>no other PN I have tasted...
>
>cheers
>
>Mike


PS I have gone back to Forté Agent, like 10 years ago... that's
progress huh?

On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
> usenet.

Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 5/11/2013 11:16 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>> usenet.
>
> Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
> Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.
>
>
I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.

--
Joseph Coulter

On Sat, 11 May 2013 12:07:38 -0400, Joseph Coulter
> wrote:

>On 5/11/2013 11:16 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>>> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>>> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>>> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>>> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>>> usenet.
>>
>> Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
>> Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.
>>
>>
>I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
>email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.

hmmm, my 17.0.2 constantly tries to compact folders...

On 5/11/2013 12:16 PM, Mike Tommasi wrote:

>>>
>> I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
>> email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.
>
> hmmm, my 17.0.2 constantly tries to compact folders...
>
I get that about once a week often I ignore it and go one with business


--
Joseph Coulter

"Joseph Coulter" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/11/2013 12:16 PM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
>>> email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.
>>
>> hmmm, my 17.0.2 constantly tries to compact folders...
>>
> I get that about once a week often I ignore it and go one with business
>
OE is the same.
Graham

On 11/05/2013 17:16, Mike Tommasi wrote:
> On Sat, 11 May 2013 12:07:38 -0400, Joseph Coulter
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/11/2013 11:16 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>>>> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>>>> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>>>> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>>>> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>>>> usenet.
>>>
>>> Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
>>> Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
>> email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.
>
> hmmm, my 17.0.2 constantly tries to compact folders...

You have control over this
https://support.mozillamessaging.com...ure-compaction

--
www.winenous.co.uk

On Sat, 11 May 2013 23:09:16 +0100, Steve Slatcher
> wrote:

>On 11/05/2013 17:16, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 May 2013 12:07:38 -0400, Joseph Coulter
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/11/2013 11:16 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>>> On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>>>>> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>>>>> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>>>>> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>>>>> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>>>>> usenet.
>>>>
>>>> Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
>>>> Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm with Jim I felt good leaving Forte and haven't looked back. I have 4
>>> email accounts and this newsgroup to monitor and all work fine.
>>
>> hmmm, my 17.0.2 constantly tries to compact folders...
>
>You have control over this
>https://support.mozillamessaging.com...ure-compaction

Yes I realize this and I do have it set to compact at the weekend, but
when it starts compacting it never stops and keeps going thru to the
next weekend :-(

Anyhow I realized I do not need an email client and now I just use
Gmail on the web.

James Silverton > wrote in news:kmln4j$g1e$1
@dont-email.me:

> On 5/11/2013 11:00 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> been away so long... all because my favorite email reader, Mozilla
>> Thunderbird, went the way of Word Perfect and other previously useful
>> softwa sooner or later they become so inflated they cease to
>> function, they develop their own agenda and spend most clock cycles
>> doing that, not leaving any room to do things like read email or
>> usenet.
>
> Are you using ForteAgent? I'd have thought that more bloated than
> Mozilla, which seems fine for me....using 17.0.5.
>
>

Xnews works fine as a newsreader. It is tiny, no need to install, so you
can keep it in a USB key if needed.

Unfortunately, its website seems to be down. Too bad because it is a great
little piece of software.

s.

On Sun, 12 May 2013 09:24:41 +0200, Mike Tommasi wrote:
compaction&as=s#w_how-can-i-configure-compaction
>
> Yes I realize this and I do have it set to compact at the weekend, but
> when it starts compacting it never stops and keeps going thru to the
> next weekend :-(
>
> Anyhow I realized I do not need an email client and now I just use Gmail
> on the web.

I had to dump Thunderbird for this and the "script busy" issue. Too many
mails in various folders, it was choking.

I switched to gnome evolution for mail which is excellent and very fast,
pan for ng's, ditto. There may not be a Windows version of these, though.

Welcome back.

On 13 May 2013 11:53:07 GMT, Emery Davis >
wrote:

>On Sun, 12 May 2013 09:24:41 +0200, Mike Tommasi wrote:
>compaction&as=s#w_how-can-i-configure-compaction
>>
>> Yes I realize this and I do have it set to compact at the weekend, but
>> when it starts compacting it never stops and keeps going thru to the
>> next weekend :-(
>>
>> Anyhow I realized I do not need an email client and now I just use Gmail
>> on the web.
>
>I had to dump Thunderbird for this and the "script busy" issue. Too many
>mails in various folders, it was choking.
>
>I switched to gnome evolution for mail which is excellent and very fast,
>pan for ng's, ditto. There may not be a Windows version of these, though.
>
>Welcome back.


thx Emery. I'll try your way ;-)