OT: claws (was: OT: xfce sound)

[J. Anthony Limon]

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:21:33 -0500
"Peter N. Spotts" <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 14:32 -0500, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> > On 01/31/2010 07:25 AM, Jerry wrote:
> > > I have use claws-mail for years and have found it far superior to
> > > KMail.
> > 
> > Just wondering:  how does claws-mail stack up against Mozilla
> > Thunderbird?
> > 
> > DR
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> 
> 
> I've used both and like various aspects of each; my recommendation
> would be to load up and try both. Claws Mail will import from and
> export to mbox-type files (Thunderbird's format). So you should be
> able to freely shift from one to the other once your own experience
> tells you which you prefer.
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Pete
> 

From a technical prospective, Claws is amazing. But, it does take some
configuring to LOOK nice, but there are lots of great themes that will
fit almost any GTK theme. (Note: It only themes the icons, the widgets
are native GTK unlike Thunderbird.)

- J