[OU] Switching from Kmail

[Rick]

What linux version are you running now?
I to, am using gmail with KMail (kubuntu) an notice some slowness,
and allot of weakness between apps.
where as opera is more unified (dare to say ! )

Rich

On Tuesday 14 August 2007 5:10:43 pm you wrote:
> I did after using KDE for many years.
> I used to run my own mail server (James http://james.apache.org/) and I
> was using Kmail with Spamassassin to despam my mail.
> My system  was slowing down significantly (even froze momentarily for more
> than 10 seconds) everytime that Spamassassin was doing its dirty job.
> Moreover, it was a pain to maintain.
> One day I decided to leave that job to the servers from Opera and Gmail.
> That was a good decision.
> Furthermore Kmail, like KDE itself, is to complicated to use. Too many
> options, useless bells and whisles.
> I switched to Xfce 4.
> I have never been a fan of Kontact. For obscure reasons I lost so many
> records, created so many  duplicates, with duplicated phone numbers, when
> I was using it. Full of bugs.
> I don't need LDAP/LDIF compatibility, since I am not a multinational
> company.
> I am using Opera's Contacts to accumulate and manage my email contacts of
> the moment.
> Opera's Contacts is good enough for this job.
> I use Jpilot that communicates with my PDA through J-link for my entire
> contact database.
>
> Jayhel
> Slackware 12 / AMD Turion 64 32 bit mode/ ATI Radeon X700
>
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:57:10 -0000, Rick <cms0009 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > has anyone drop kmail / kontact for opera ?
> > if so, what was the main reason for the switch ?
> >
> > Thanks +
> > Richard