Re: Thunderbird

[Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>]

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2017-09-11 12:31 GMT+02:00 ng0 <ng0@infotropique.org>:

> Arun Isaac transcribed 0.4K bytes:
> >
> > > I was wondering if anyone would work on Astroid mail
> > > https://astroidmail.github.io/
> > >
> > > It seems simpler to package than Thunderbird and it could be extremely
> > > useful in the short/medium term
> >
> > Astroid requires external programs like mpop or offlineimap to fetch
> > mail. So it cannot quite replace Thunderbird for the casual mail
> > user. Perhaps, claws-mail or blasa are better alternatives. Both
> > claws-mail and balsa are already packaged for Guix.
>
> My only usecase for Thunderbird is Enigmail and its coming GNUnet
> integration
> done in corporation of pEp (and GNUnet) and the Enigmail team.
>

ok


> Personal opinion: Thunderbird is really terrible and I have my reasons
> why I stopped using it so long ago I stopped counting or caring for its
> existence (must've been around '99 or '00 maybe...).
>

right


> Nevertheless it is a mandatory tool for some people who can't switch
> easily and I doubt anyone will embrace the task of getting Thunderbird
> into Guix with joy.
>

right

So far I'm hitting the first drömpels (road bumpers) in the build process
> with a reference within Thunderbird.
>
> Wrt the earlier emails: yes, my intention (also for Icecat/Firefox) is to
> provide Addons via Guix to get rid of yet another point of authority
> (Mozilla Appstore). It is my understanding that at least a while back
> someone was already looking into this and at least the idea was accepted
> and welcomed.
>

it s an exciting view of the future, yes.


> Alternatives exist, yep. But for me it's no only this or only that
> application question. It's about dynamic choice.
>

Of course you have your motivation

My fear is that you are somewhat underestimating the effort that such an
endeavour entails.

I might be wrong, of course.
Anyway, I was just requesting an effort on Androidmail.
It might be you, Arun or anyone else ;-)

My case for Androidmail is that it could be one of the steps (for me) in
the process of abandoning Gmail.

Again: I might be wrong !

Thanks for engaging ;-)

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