tim at ashmans
Sep 8, 2008, 3:36 PM
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Re: Fw: Diablo's Modest/Email
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On Monday 08 September 2008 08:21:21 am Sergio Villar Senin wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> > Tim Ashman <tim [at] ashmans>
> > Data:
> > Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:22:50 -0700
> > Para:
> > maemo-users [at] maemo
> >
> > Para:
> > maemo-users [at] maemo
> >
> >
> > Ok, so I've upgraded to diablo over the weekend and for the most part it
> > is great. However I can't stand modest, it just doesn't work in a way
> > that works for me and it appears to have bugs that the older email
> > didn't.
> >
> > My first choice at this point would be to just be able to install the
> > older email and ditch modest. If that is not possible the level of usage
> > for email on my n810 goes way down. Below are the problems, I'm having
> > if anyone has a way to make this work for me, please let me know.
> >
> > 1. No option to delete the message off of the server when deleting. I
> > don't want to "remove" the message from the server when I download them
> > on the n810 but I want the option and normally will delete the messages
> > from the server when I delete them from the n810, however for the 10
> > messages each week that I receive I want to save them on the server. I
> > don't want to do imap.
>
> For a POP account the messages are deleted from the server unless you
> check the option "Leave messages on server" which is checked by default.
> As you could see the more conservative option is the default one.
>
Yes, I do have that option unchecked so they stay on the server, I wish to be
able to delete them from the server after I have read them on the n810. This
allows me to leave important emails on the server for downloading later to my
home "archiving" machine.
> > 2. I use multiple email accountings on my n810. The old email allowed me
> > to have them all show up in the same inbox where I could simply read,
> > reply with the correct return and delete. Very efficient! Now I have
> > three separate inboxes and have to switch back and forth all of the time.
> > This drives me nuts and seems very stupid. Can I make a folder and use
> > filters or some sort of client side script to just move them all into
> > once folder?
>
> Well I think it depends a lot in how you use email, I for example prefer
> to have different inboxes because I do not manage my work email the same
> way as my personal email.
I like dumping all my emails into one folder on the n810 because on the mobile
device I just simply go through the emails one at a time and act on them. I
do mix in personal and work emails but that doesn't bother me as I can just
skip any messages I don't want to deal with at the moment, to me that is
easier than the whole switching account, folder option. In fact I usually
have the folders hidden for enable larger screen restate.
>
> > 3. The email notification doesn't work reliably on my unit. I get the
> > blinking led in the upper left corner, but as soon as I wake up the unit
> > and the display comes on the blinking stops and the blinking that use to
> > be in the lower bottom icon isn't there so now I can't see what email
> > accounting triggered the blink and I can't see the message. Is this a
> > bug or something I have setup wrong.
>
> I think that something wrong happens to your device because there are no
> users that reported that problem before neither on bugzilla nor asking
> we the developers directly.
>
> > So there you have it, maybe small issues for others but you might as well
> > have removed one of my legs and asked me if I noticed whether it was now
> > harder to walk.
>
> As you say maybe for you are big issues, anyway you're free to switch to
> another one, we'll keep on improving Modest.
>
> Br
Well I would switch if there was something better. As frustrating as these
issues are I don't like claws better. I even played around with ssh'ing into
my home machine and running my home email over X, it is just too slow that
way. If comcast would become a real ISP and give me some upload side it would
probably work fine, then I wouldn't have a need for any email client on the
n810
tim
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