Cool mail tool...
Apr. 9th, 2001 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI recently ran across a freeware Windows mail program called "Kaufman Mail Warrior," and thought I'd pass the word about this small gem of a program.
When faced with using Windows, my preferred mail program used to be Eudora, up until an attempt to "upgrade" to the 5.x version threw my Sony into a conniption fit. Using the ubiquitous alternative - Microsoft Outlook Express - just doesn't do it for me, either, for two reasons.
First, there seems to be no way to turn off HTML rendering, which has been a problem in the past with regard to virus propagation, not to mention the fact that I simply don't like HTML rendering. The Kaufman program appears to limit its calisthenics to scanning for links and then doing some color rendering based on content.
Second, there seems to be no way in Outlook Express to simply check message headers, delete messages without downloading them, or download messages without subsequently deleting them from the server. Eudora pretty much provides this functionality, but so does the Kaufman product, which seems remarkably robust in my Windows Me environment (though it doesn't much like sending attachments under Windows 95; after sending, it commits seppuku).
More details as they develop. After noodling with the product for a couple of days, I like it.
Standard disclaimers regarding any relationship with the program writer apply.
Cheers...
When faced with using Windows, my preferred mail program used to be Eudora, up until an attempt to "upgrade" to the 5.x version threw my Sony into a conniption fit. Using the ubiquitous alternative - Microsoft Outlook Express - just doesn't do it for me, either, for two reasons.
First, there seems to be no way to turn off HTML rendering, which has been a problem in the past with regard to virus propagation, not to mention the fact that I simply don't like HTML rendering. The Kaufman program appears to limit its calisthenics to scanning for links and then doing some color rendering based on content.
Second, there seems to be no way in Outlook Express to simply check message headers, delete messages without downloading them, or download messages without subsequently deleting them from the server. Eudora pretty much provides this functionality, but so does the Kaufman product, which seems remarkably robust in my Windows Me environment (though it doesn't much like sending attachments under Windows 95; after sending, it commits seppuku).
More details as they develop. After noodling with the product for a couple of days, I like it.
Standard disclaimers regarding any relationship with the program writer apply.
Cheers...
