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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Abou27 on May 18, 2004, 10:10:50 PM
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Hello gents/1 or 2 ladies,
I'm wondering what e-mail software peeps use. A few months ago I started using my Amiga as my primary computer for most things apart from interweb stuff. Recently bought IBrowse which is surprisingly impressive - certainly usable on an 25mhz 040 (I hear giggles in the back from those with 060s or PPCs; quiet!). Anyway, the next step is to transfer my e-mail accounts to Amiga. I have tried with one such on the Amiga Mail prog included with 3.9 but lots of probs with receiving attachments. Seem to be there, save, but turns out to be a filename for a file sized 0 bytes! - not good. Sends everything fine, though.
So, if anyone could recommend good e-mail software, it would be much appreciated.
Cheers.
Ignore the following (especially if non-UK):
COME ON YOU IRONS!
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Oh god help us, a Skittyhorpe Utd fan :-( :-P :-D I work with two, and one played for the 'Iron Filings' amateur team. It's enough to drive a (non-football fan) man insane, lol.
Have you looked on Aminet? I thought I heard 'Pine' mentioned by someone else, if it's anything like the unix version it's a nice basic package.
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Have you tried YAM (http://www.yam.ch) yet?
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I would strongly recommend YAM (Yet Another Mailer).
It's available from Aminet and is well supported by other developers/icon creators, etc. Some say YAM is the best emailer on any platform.
Cheers,
JaX
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JaXanim is right. YAM is incredibly cool. Very simple yet powerful. It stands out as one of the best Amiga software out there.
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Forget the e-mail client included with OS 3.9 - it's crap.
Basically, there are two choices:
The legendary YAM (http://www.yam.ch).
And then there is SimpleMail (http://simplemail.sourceforge.net/index.php), which is quite new, but under constant development. I didn't test it yet, but it's said to be as good as YAM.
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@Holley
No, no, I am a West Ham man (they got through to play-off finals tonight); close, though!
@all
Is YAM still supported? Do I need to/will I still be able to register?
Cheers.
P.S. I can't get smilies to work (using IBrowse). Any hints?
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Interesting, the colours look the same and Skittyhorpe Utd's badge features the word 'iron' ... you learn something new every day :-)
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@Holley
You're right - the colours are the same too. An old flatmate was a Scunny fan and used to try and convince me that, on those grounds, I was duty-bound to follow Skittyhorpe United too!
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You wont have to register theyre both free (Yam & Simplemail) ive used Yam since i moved away from Thor (a great piece of software once) but recently ive moved from Yam to Simplemail because that one is more stable (at least on my Pegasos).
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Hi Guys,
Just to say thanks to those who recommended YAM. Downloaded, installed, working in no time and very professional looking. It seems very impressive. Couple of freezing windows but I haven't taken time to configure it fully yet. Sure these will be ironed out. What a difference, though!
Cheers.
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Yup, YAM and SimpleMail are the defacto email programs for the Amiga. One of the main features I love about them is the lack of rendering HTML email messages. I hope that never changes.
Damn html email messages.
:pint:
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That sounds like a Scunny fan alright!
I can't stand HTML in emails either, but most people like to 'prettify' it, even if it does make each message over 10k instead of 1!
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100% agreed with no HTML in messages being a plus! :-)
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