[kwlug-disc] Does anyone want to take over Thunderbird?

[Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)]

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 1:31 PM, B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Be 'fair' ... gmail is non-standard, and a moving target. Thus only google will 'get it right' (for their definition of right, == non-standard), never mind across platforms, like web / chrome / android / chromecast. And, thus, the web interface.

Google has IMAP and SMTP interfaces. I haven’t done any real testing but I’m pretty sure they’re adhering to the RFCs.

> By definition, then, others will never be able to 'do it right.’

Well you could argue that for any MUA; what constitutes right? There are dozens of workflows, ways to implement filtering, quoting, spell/grammar check, flagging… 

Getting the email from there to here is trivial. The trouble is all about how to present it to the user and allow the user to manipulate it. Thunderbird was pretty good. I’m suriving with Mail.app. Thousands (millions?) are fine with the gmail web interface. Millions more use Outlook and are happy.

It’s us, the unreasonable ones who want the ultimate MUA who are frustrated. Everyone else just learns to adapt and deal with it.

-A.