| Re: Issues in PowerMail [message #870 is a reply to message #860] |
Fri, 14 June 2019 06:22   |
Jo Dorais
Messages: 6
Registered: June 2019
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Constantin, how did this go for you, the transition to PostBox? I'm trying
to figure out what I'm gonna be having to switch to. I love my PowerMail
and I don't want to give it up, but the time is definitely coming!
On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 11:31:22 AM UTC-7, C onstantin wrote:
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> Thank you Jean Michel,
>
> It's too bad that Powermail is no longer getting updated. I am
> transitioning to PostBox as we type, a process that is both tedious as well
> as frustrating. The good news is that the number of emails getting mangled
> in the conversion process is less than 0.0005% but so much time will be
> lost re-writing the many rules for sorting, etc. Postbox doesn't have the
> ability to use a honeypot to train SpamSieve. The UI is also not as
> intuitive. Oh well!
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> As for IMAP, "lightweight" is an interesting way to describe the weakest
> part of the program. The good news is that deleting the contents of the
> IMAP cache fixes IMAP issues consistently. The resultant rebuild times
> taught me the benefit of having small IMAP accounts.
>
> The many years with PowerMail have been fabulous, it's speed, flexibility,
> and excellent integration with SpamSieve is without peers. It interesting
> how FoxTrot search grew out of PowerMail. I may yet buy that product for my
> desktop.
>
> Anyhow, if you or your team ever decides to update PowerMail, please
> contact me so I can come back.
>
> Cheers, Constantin
>
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