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[Peter Brawley]

On 11/16/2020 18:52, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> I used Thunderbird in the very very early days of email.  Back in the last
> century.  It was always a good client then.  Maybe I'll give it a try.
>
> I hate, hate, hate the gmail interface.

I agree it's awkward, inconvenient. Odd for a company that's so focused 
on users. Apparently they aren't immune falling in love with their own 
inventions.

>    In Outlook the folders are really
> folders.  In gmail, they're labels, all the email, AFAICS, is in the Inbox.
>
> Something went south with using Outlook as a client.  Spent an hour on the
> phone with GoDaddy and they couldn't figure it out.
My wife & a daughter need it for their gigs, it seems to blow up on them 
every year or two.

>   Google has no human
> tech support.

That'd compromise the profit margin.

PB

> So, adios, Outlook.  Been nice knowin' ya'.
>
> r
>
> So does T-Bird have the equivalent to Outlook's folders and Rules?
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 3:14 PM Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2020 9:29, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>>> I do not like Gmail’s mail client. I find it awkward and difficult to
>> use.
>>> What other email client are you using for gmail?
>> I've used Thunderbird for years. Easy to us, reliably updated.
>>
>> PB
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rocky
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