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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How To Improve This Group
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:03:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-10, Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:40:03 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Well, then, maybe they should stop using email.  After all, that protocol
>>> goes back to at least 1975.
>> 
>> Most people use a website for email, and Gmail/Outlook.
>> 
>
> Most BRAIN-DEAD IDIOTS use a wesite for email, and Gmail/Outlook.
>
> FTFY.
>
> I cannot image the kind of supremely doltish moron that would actually
> use web mail.  It is extremely sluggish, awkward, and frustrating.  One
> has to actually log in with 2-factor authentication.  Then Gmail, with
> its nanny algorithms, keeps shoving messages of advice and warning into
> ones face.  Futhermore the whole interface looks like shit.  It is a
> totally irritating mess!.
>
> Give me wonderful Sylpheed, the absolute best email client anywhere.
> It is built on GTK+2 (not +3) and it is quick, slick, and a supreme joy
> to use.  Nothing could ever be better.
>
> https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/
>
I use Claws-Mail, which was from a fork of Sylpheed.  I chose Claws-Mail
for its usable GPG intergration.  On my laptop, I just use mutt, which I
almost prefer to Claws-Mail.  Almost.

Agree with you on web based mail.  My first experience with personal
email WAS web based, because I used hotmail, but when I got an accunt
with an ISP, obviously a mail client was superior, and still is.  Even
more so because I think web based clients are WORSE now than they were
20+ years ago.  Confusing, slow, janky, awkward ergonomics.