On 10/9/10 7:38 PM, JD wrote: > On 10/09/2010 07:24 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 10/9/10 10:07 AM, mike cloaked wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan >>> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 01:25 +1030, Tim wrote: >>>>> I see this quite a lot. There's a few clients around that are just >>>>> plain broken, and shouldn't be used with mailing lists. >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> IMHO the most egregious offender is Yahoo Mail. Friends don't let >>>> friends use this POS on mailing lists. >>>> >>>> poc >>> This discussion is moving somewhat off topic! >> Mike: >> >> Should we start another thread talking about broken mail readers? >> >> I am one of the GUILTY parties and I explained that the problem in my >> case is a hosed-up mail reader provided by Earthlink. BTW, this is NOT >> the first mailing list to complain about this problem with my mail reader. >> >> Guess it is time to 'ping' Earthlink again. >> >> James McKenzie >> > Hi James, > Does earthlink allow you to use your own mail client > like thunderbird, or some other gui client? It does, but I cannot connect my work mail system to Earthlink and sometimes I see something that I feel needs to be responded to right away. > I know yahoo does not allow that on free accounts; > i.e. they do not provide pop or imap server for your > free account. > But google does. So, why not get a free google account > and use thunderbird for reading and sending email? I have been considering getting a GMail account for some time now. Does their web client provide for proper threading of messages? > Spare yourself the stress of fighting a battle with earthlink. I've had an Earthlink account for a LONG time and don't want to mess with moving stuff to it. However, if it fixes the problems and does not become a spam magnet (you should see the jump in spam over the last few weeks) then I may consider moving some of my mail to them. I'll have to check if my employer is blocking them as well. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines