Mailbird

[Radio Fixer]

Anyone use this mail client?   Been trying a free ver and it has some nice features.  Best for me is Scaling and the Unified inbox.

Gone a litle odd as trying to buy the Standard (Home) version brings up a msg of Currently not Available.

Gary

[ppppenguin]

I've never found any reason to move from Thunderbird. It works well enough for me. I don't need a unified inbox but it's meant to be possible. Though possibly with problems: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/com...box_howto/

On my phone I use K9 mail. Again it works well enough and it has a unified inbox.

Not sure what you mean by scaling. If you mean the ability to zoom in and out, then that works just fine in Thunderbird.

https://clean.email/blog/email-clients/m...hunderbird

[Radio Fixer]

Thanks Jeffrey

I had been using Tbird and got to understand my way (mostly) around its UI.  Mailbird UI I found was more intuitive and I picked it up quickly.

The Unified inbox is useful if you have more than one account and is clever if you reply from it.  It knows which one it came from and sends using that.

The Scaling, without touching the msg font size, allows for bigger easier to read text in the compose and received windows.  For me thats 150%  I could do with it on here  

A prob at the moment, is that for some reason, you cant buy the Standard ver.  The Preium ver has features I dont need and just adds complexity I expect.  So I cant buy the ver I want and my time expolring the Free ver (times out in 3 days) has been wasted  Bah!

Gary

[ppppenguin]

"The Scaling, without touching the msg font size, allows for bigger easier to read text in the compose and received windows. For me thats 150% I could do with it on here "

In almost all Windows and Linux programs (I don't know about Mac) you can enlarge and reduce using CTRL+ and CTRL-. CTRL 0 (numeral zero) resets to 100% magnification. If your mouse has a scroll wheel then CTRL scroll will magnify or reduce. I'm using Firefox to view the forum and both these methods certainly work. I've tried in Thunderbird and it works there too. There may also be overall OS magnification settings but I've never had any need to explore them. Yet

I've not had a need to explore a unified mailbox in Thunderbird. I have two mailboxes there which I can see separately. I'm pretty sure that if I reply to a message in a mailbox then it knows to use the correct "from" address. I also have an alternative "from" address set up for my role as treasurer of the Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group. Messages addressed to me there appear in my main inbox and use the correct "from" when replying.

[Mike Watterson]

You can unify the mailboxes in Thunderbird.

[Radio Fixer]

I've been using a PC since the early DOS days and Windows when it started  but somehow missed out on the Ctrl + and - keys.  Obviously I should read more rather than just finding my way around.  Thanks for that.

It is useful but in Tbird it only blows up the compose and receive windows to a bigger size.  So wide text goes off the end.  I can see now why I have had very 'narrow' messages from some Email clients. In Mailbird it scales the windows and that doesnt happen.  

It would seem that Mailbird are trying to raise funds and have offered me 5 more free days and a chance after to buy the Premium ver.  But thats not on for me.  I liked using it so its a shame    .  Back to Tbird   

Gary