[arch-general] claws-mail vs sup (WAS: Quoting of E-mails)

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:01:09 +0530
Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com> wrote:

> On 01/20/2010 08:44 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:46:41 +0100
> > Philipp Überbacher<hollunder at lavabit.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> The only drawback right now is that sup is still
> >> very young, it has its quirks. Never the less it's the best mail
> >> client I've used so far (used only claws mail before), especially
> >> when it comes to reading and searching and I don't regret that I
> >> switched.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Philipp
> >>
> >
> > i'm also using claws. the biggest thing that bothers me about it is
> > not enough customisation options, no event system, no easily
> > scripting things inside it (they are working on an events system
> > but it supports only 3 events now afaik, and you can spawn external
> > scripts with keybinds but it's hard to modify the behavior or state
> > of claws from external scripts).  one of the many examples: I want
> > to be able to change html/image viewing settings depending on
> > sender address or open mailbox.
> >
> > any thoughts on those things re: sup and claws?
> >
> > Dieter
> 
> Thunderbird 3 is also good. Thunderbird by default bottom posts (it
> can be changed though).
> 

thunderbird doesn't offer any of the things I'm looking for (see
above), is bloat and makes a mess in its user's $HOME.

Dieter