Sylpheed Claws 0.9.9

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Randy Bard

Haven't heard much about Sylpheed Claws in this group lately, but I
see they have released a new version. Has anyone tried it?

http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/news.php
6th February 2004
Version: 0.9.9claws

SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
http://claws.sylpheed.org

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.9 of the
main Sylpheed branch.

New in this release:

# the Icon Theme selector has been moved to the other preferences
window, '/Configuration/Other Preferences.../Display/Themes'. It
has also been completely redesigned and now displays the name of
the theme, the name of the author, the related URL, the current
status, and a preview of the theme. A theme can be installed or
removed using the respective buttons.

# the 'External Command' options have been moved to other
preferences window, '/Configuration/Other Preferences.../Message
View/External Programs', options for audio player and image viewer
have been added.

# the creation of 'SMTP only' accounts is now possible.

# the size and position of the Compose window is remembered

# GnuPG: on checking a signature if the key is untrusted the
signature icon displays a pen with an exclamation mark as a
warning.

# the SpamAssassin and Clam AntiVirus plugins now indicate their
operation via the status bar.

# updated translations: French, German, Polish, Serbian, Simplified
Chinese, Spanish,and Slovak

# Bug fixes

Downloads for Windows 5703Kb
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sylpheed-claws/sylpheed-0.9.9claws.exe?download
 
Randy Bard said:
Haven't heard much about Sylpheed Claws in this group lately, but I
see they have released a new version. Has anyone tried it?

http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/news.php
6th February 2004
Version: 0.9.9claws

SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
http://claws.sylpheed.org

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.9 of the
main Sylpheed branch.

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I tried it, played with it on Win98SE for an hour or so.

It seems promising, but it crashed several times, and failed without
crashing when simply getting new messages in a small text newsgroup.
Comparing it to Agent, it lacks easy keyboard navigation, view of threads
is more cluttered, the color of read vs. unread message headers can't be
set, etc. It doesn't seem to have much in the way of view filtering or
article database management. It also takes a lot of disk space. It is
just not anywhere near as stable and polished as Agent.

I was hoping to use it, or some other newsreader, to help ease eventual
migration to Linux. If I can learn and use cross-platform apps under
Windows, then it should be a lot less painful to switch.
 
Randy Bard said:
Haven't heard much about Sylpheed Claws in this group lately, but
I see they have released a new version. Has anyone tried it?

http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/news.php
6th February 2004
Version: 0.9.9claws

SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES http://claws.sylpheed.org

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.9 of the
main Sylpheed branch.

[snip]
Click to expand...

I tried it, played with it on Win98SE for an hour or so.

It seems promising, but it crashed several times, and failed
without crashing when simply getting new messages in a small text
newsgroup. Comparing it to Agent, it lacks easy keyboard
navigation, view of threads is more cluttered, the color of read
vs. unread message headers can't be set, etc. It doesn't seem to
have much in the way of view filtering or article database
management. It also takes a lot of disk space. It is just not
anywhere near as stable and polished as Agent.

I was hoping to use it, or some other newsreader, to help ease
eventual migration to Linux. If I can learn and use
cross-platform apps under Windows, then it should be a lot less
painful to switch.
Click to expand...
Yes, claws operates much better on Linux. I tried it on my 98se
machine too and had the same type of problems. But it's nearly
flawless in Mandrake 9.1.
 
Randy Bard said:
Haven't heard much about Sylpheed Claws in this group lately, but I see
they have released a new version. Has anyone tried it?

http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/news.php 6th February 2004
Version: 0.9.9claws

SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES http://claws.sylpheed.org

This release of Sylpheed-Claws is based on version 0.9.9 of the main
Sylpheed branch.

[snip]
Click to expand...

I tried it, played with it on Win98SE for an hour or so.

It seems promising, but it crashed several times, and failed without
crashing when simply getting new messages in a small text newsgroup.
Comparing it to Agent, it lacks easy keyboard navigation, view of
threads is more cluttered, the color of read vs. unread message headers
can't be set, etc. It doesn't seem to have much in the way of view
filtering or article database management. It also takes a lot of disk
space. It is just not anywhere near as stable and polished as Agent.

I was hoping to use it, or some other newsreader, to help ease eventual
migration to Linux. If I can learn and use cross-platform apps under
Windows, then it should be a lot less painful to switch.
Click to expand...
Yes, claws operates much better on Linux. I tried it on my 98se machine
too and had the same type of problems. But it's nearly flawless in
Mandrake 9.1.
Click to expand...

No problems here, running w2k sp4
But I only use it for email
This version never crashed on me

I use pan as a newsreader
windows and linux:
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/releases/0.14.2/WINDOWS/

The windows version are a bit behind the linux version
be sure to use the correct gtk libs
maybe a bit unstable, but gravity crashed 1 time to many on my system
 
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