Comments on: Thunderbird: Fedora & the future http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/ world of alex hudson Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ed DeWan http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Ed DeWan Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:38:20 +0000 http://www.alexhudson.com/?p=348#comment-479 Thunderbird's address book is a horrible pain in the butt! Thunderbird’s address book is a horrible pain in the butt!

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Malcolm Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:28:26 +0000 http://www.alexhudson.com/?p=348#comment-403 Unfortunately Evolution (for me on linux) is not an option due to completely unstable ldap implementation. This has been around for at least 5 years and has no sign of ever been fixed. At the moment kmail is the only option available to anyone that I am aware of. Unfortunately Evolution (for me on linux) is not an option due to completely unstable ldap implementation.
This has been around for at least 5 years and has no sign of ever been fixed.
At the moment kmail is the only option available to anyone that I am aware of.

]]> By: Alex http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Alex Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:40:59 +0000 http://www.alexhudson.com/?p=348#comment-401 Bucky - totally agree about the LDAP stuff. It's a really basic pain point for organisations that there's no out-of-the-box sharing story for the address book. I know they talk about the functionality of the various add-ons, but honestly I really wouldn't want to trust what I consider "core" functionality to an "added extra" which wasn't being maintained by the same people. Bucky – totally agree about the LDAP stuff. It’s a really basic pain point for organisations that there’s no out-of-the-box sharing story for the address book.

I know they talk about the functionality of the various add-ons, but honestly I really wouldn’t want to trust what I consider “core” functionality to an “added extra” which wasn’t being maintained by the same people.

]]> By: Lance Haig http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Lance Haig Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:10:05 +0000 http://www.alexhudson.com/?p=348#comment-399 I can only say that Thunderbird 3 can not be used if you get large amounts of mail per day. I don't think it scales well. I can only say that Thunderbird 3 can not be used if you get large amounts of mail per day. I don’t think it scales well.

]]> By: Bucky http://www.alexhudson.com/2010/04/25/thunderbird-fedora-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Bucky Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:46:59 +0000 http://www.alexhudson.com/?p=348#comment-398 If you evaluate Evolution on Windows, I'd be really interested to know what you conclude. I looked at it a couple years ago, and it wasn't ready, stability-wise. What frustrates me about Thunderbird is their man-in-a-tower development history. They've got a 9-year feature request LDAP read/write capability (shared address books being an enterprise REQUIREMENT), and they screw around playing peek-a-boo with the "reply" button search folders. I'd call that misplaced priorities. The reason I'm so frustrated with Thunderbird is that it's otherwise a FANTASTIC email client. But it's lack of any kind of address book collaboration is a complete show-stopper. If you evaluate Evolution on Windows, I’d be really interested to know what you conclude. I looked at it a couple years ago, and it wasn’t ready, stability-wise.

What frustrates me about Thunderbird is their man-in-a-tower development history. They’ve got a 9-year feature request LDAP read/write capability (shared address books being an enterprise REQUIREMENT), and they screw around playing peek-a-boo with the “reply” button search folders. I’d call that misplaced priorities.

The reason I’m so frustrated with Thunderbird is that it’s otherwise a FANTASTIC email client. But it’s lack of any kind of address book collaboration is a complete show-stopper.

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