Re: Claws-Mail vs. Sylpheed

Ini Nagap <invalid@nagap.ini> wrote:

I am looking at Sylpheed as a replacement. Does anyone have
experience with Sylpheed?

Yes, I do.  I enjoy Shelpheed as both mail- and newsreader.

What has that experience been like?

Very positive: Sylpheed is light, fast, portable, good-looking (one
you hide the icons), configurable, and easy to operate with both
the mouse and the keyboard.  I had tried many e-mail clients, but
I have stuck with Sylpheed.

Do unexpected bugs hide in its woodwork?

I don't know, which is a good thing, innit?

Has the developer gone AWOL?

Hiroyuki has not posted to the mailing list (which I read via NNTP,
via Gmane, via Sylpheed) in quite q wwhile, so I fear Sylpheed may
be an orphaned project.

I can't use Thunderbird. It takes 30 to 45 seconds just to open the
program and it freezes up periodically.

Bloatware.