Cheers
Mike
"Counselor" <counselor@geocities.com> wrote:
>There's been considerable discussion over the past few days about the
>desirability of a yarn port to linux. I'd like to step forward to say
>that personally I'd rather see a port to Win9x. Before everyone jumps
>on my case to point out that there are already many good email clients
>for Windows, let me explain why I'd like to use yarn instead of these
>other clients.
>
>I've used yarn for quite some time under DOS. There are features in
>yarn that I've not been able to find in any Windows email client.
>Among these are the following which I miss most:
>
>1. I've not been able to find a Windows client which will reply
>appropriately to emails received from a mailing list. Specifically
>they all automatically reply to the Reply-to: field when one exists,
>rather than providing the opportunity to choose between that and the
>From: or Sender field.
>
>2. I've not found any Windows client which integrates mail and news
>as well as yarn does. Being able to filter mail from a mailing list
>into a pseudonewsgroup seems to be unique to yarn and probably the
>feature I miss most.
>
>3. Not yarn perhaps, but the signature handling of yes is also a
>feature I'd really like to have in my Windows email client.
>
>I know that I'm going to be told that I can run yarn in a DOS box
>under Windows, but this is not the same thing. For one thing, I
>cannot use a Windows editor or the Windows clipboard. And, I cannot
>use standard Windows editting functions.
>
>Also, having to deal with the intermediate step of soup packets is a
>drawback and inconvenience. Connecting to pop/smtp under Windows
>would be ever so much better. In fact, it is the lack of this ability
>that has caused me to convert to another email client.
>
>Then, there's the matter of speech. I want to be able to use my
>Windows screen access, but it's simply inadequate in a DOS box.
>Having to bring in my DOS screen reader brings with it another set of
>problems and inconveniences.
>
>But, I gather from comments on the list that none of us desiring ports
>of yarn are likely to have our wishes granted. How unfortunate...
>
>"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left."
>Regards
>Jeff <counselor@geocities.com> - ICQ UIN: 736807
>Computer and Internet Accessibility Consultant
>Blind Man's Bluff: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/8545/
>
>
>
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