Re: email client + browser advice wanted

Spacey Spade wrote:
>ike wrote:
>>Hi All
>>I am fed up with MS bloatware and I want to replace IE + OE. I would
>>prefer to have freestanding progs. I am starting off with Hamster +
>>Xnews and now need a browser + an email client that do not write a load
>>of gumf to the registry.
>>I am thinking of Roundabout/Phoenix as I have multiple email addresses
>>and need some filtering.
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>
>If you don't feel like playing around with all the settings in RB just yet,
>have a go at this INI file and see if you like it better than the default:
>http://roundabout.sourceforge.net/SettingsAH.ini
>
>Filtering: each folder has its own filters and will take from the default
>inbox or parent folder according to those filters.

I forgot to note that you have to set the folder properties to "Receive
mail from this folder" (yes, bad translation... should probably say
"Receive mail in this folder") to enable the filtering for the folder
(otherwise the filter entry field is greyed out). See here:
http://roundabout.sourceforge.net/umaintenance.htm

Some more tips here:
http://roundabout.sourceforge.net/ufqa.htm

>Remember to use the "+"
>sign or "-" sign in front of keywords. Am not sure what keywords without a
>plus or minus will do... I think everything went there (jeez). The only
>place I use filters is to catch a couple of newsletters so I don't have
>much experience. I believe filtering occurs on the headers only, not the
>body.
>
>There is also the capability to filter by date (example: you create
>subfolders labeled alphabetically 200211, 200212, 200301, 200302, etc, and
>each has its filter to take from the parent folder... you drop a ton of
>emails into the parent folder and they get sorted automatically into the
>subfolders.) Again, I just do this manually about once or twice a month as
>part of my "quick overview" routine. Ask me if you want further details on
>the syntax and I'll look it up.