Russell wrote: > > Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > Any pronto mua users here? > > > > As you may or may not know, I am working on moving a 2GB, ~1000000 > > message, ~500 folder, ~400 messages per day mail archive to debian > > woody. Currently, this is used by netscrape mail in an convenient and > > elaborate hierarchy of folders sometimes (10) or more levels deep. > > > > I'm testing mutt; but, I have not found as convenient a solution to the > > many nested subfolder syndrome, especially regarding the navigation of > > folders from within mutt. > > > > Further investigation shows that pronto supports nested subfolders; but, > > <http://www.muhri.net/pronto/> has not revealed much detail. > > > > So, I am soliciting comments from any of you kind people, especially > > regarding pronto's nested subfolder facility _and_ how pronto compares > > to mutt -- especially bad comparisons ;< > > > > What do you think? > > > I don't know about pronto. What version of netscape? Is it on windows? > Mozilla works just like netscape, but is *much* faster at handling > large mailboxes than netscape 4.7x. Later versions of netscape are > based on mozilla, iirc.
Yes, nt4 and netscrape v4.8. No, I've looked at Mozilla, and -- nice as it is -- its nested mbox configuration still risks corruption of too much mail and offers nothing to me for remote mail perusal. I like it more than my current netscrape; but, it is not enough of a change to be warranted. Please, review the details in my response to Vineet. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
