From: "Robert Comer" 

That's a nice feature!

It sure sounds good, I guess I'll have to try it now.

>We've got great developers on the JAVA
> side, just need someone who can help on the 'pretty' quotient.  Know
anyone
> like that?

I'm a meat and potatoes programmer myself, so I'm out and I don't really
know anyone I'd recommend personally.

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:3ebb1c18$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Getting closer.  Not as nice as it should.  There's a new developer on the
> team who's working on it.  The lead developer has been re-writing the
> notelist code, and finishing stripping out any commercial code that was
> there from the original developers.  It's getting pretty sophisticated on
> the mail side.  Inbound and outbound servers are neat the way they're
> handled.  For example, add ALL the outbound SMTP servers you might need to
> use for different lans/locations you connect from, and never worry about
> changing outbound servers to send mail again.  PBM will start at the top
of
> the list, and try until it finds a server it can send your mail from.  No
> need to change the mail via Send Using to change accounts.
>
> I leave my system set for
>
> 1) (home connection)
> 2) (work connection)
> 3) (alt e-mail account 1)
> 4) (alt e-mail account 2)
>
> So, depending on where I'm connected, I don't have to worry about changing
> my mail client.
>
> Inbound is also the same.  Set up all the accounts you want checked for
that
> one account.
>
> You can also have multiple accounts defined with separate full
repositories
> of mail.  There is a function called "Popper" that takes any account
you've
> set a timed retrieval for, and checks the mail, and holds it in a temp
> folder until you open that account, then it moves it into the account and
> runs the filters.
>
> You can set up retrieval without using popper so that specific servers put
> their mail into a different account.
>
> Personal Post Office, so that mail downloaded can be sent to two different
> users running two different instances of Polarbar (on a lan).
>
> It constantly amazes me the different ways users adapt and use the
program.
>
> I've got it running on my server here at home, getting mail from my
brother
> in laws email accounts, sending auto response messages back to people
> depending on subject line, and forwarding the mail to the people who need
to
> respond.
>
> ALL of the email is stored in POP files, so it's always available with a
> plain text reader to get to the "meat of the message".
>
> It's not "pretty", but very functional.  We're looking for a GUI
developer,
> someone who can address the looks.  We've got great developers on the JAVA
> side, just need someone who can help on the 'pretty' quotient.  Know
anyone
> like that?
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3ebb1370$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Polarbarmailer.org.  Text extracted from HTML when using the Text
> Browser
> > > mode.
> >
> > Dang it, you gonna make me try it eventually, aren't you.  
> >
> > It doesn't do newsgroups yet, does it?
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > news:3ebb1179{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Polarbarmailer.org.  Text extracted from HTML when using the Text
> Browser
> > > mode.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Glenn M.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3ebaada1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > No, I don't prefer HTML, I use the Read as text, but the
> implementation
> > is
> > > > faulty, some emails don't display at all, so you have
to turn that
> > feature
> > > > off, so you are then vulnerable to web bugs and other
HTML nasties.
> > > >
> > > > OE is just showing the plain text portion of HTML emails when, in
> fact,
> > it
> > > > should be stripping out the text from the html portion if no text
> > portion
> > > > exists.  Also link get royally screwed up...
> > > >
> > > > - Bob Comer
> > > >
> > > > IE crashed once again...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Rich"  wrote in message
news:3eba9f23{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >    The released OE has the "read as text"
feature which I hate.  Are
> you
> > > > saying that you prefer HTML email?
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
> > > > news:3eba97b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > It's not in OE yet. :(
> > > >
> > > > - Bob Comer 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Geo."  wrote in message
> news:3eba5be2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > wow, have they added a webbug filter to outlook yet?
(I'm not sure
> that
> > it
> > > > matters to me anymore as I stopped upgrading when they added the
> > > activation
> > > > requirement but I'm still curious as to whether or not it's been
> > > addressed).
> > > >
> > > > Geo.
> > > > "Rich"  wrote in message
news:3eb9ffcc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >    George, this should interest you.
> > > >
> > > >    The most recent release of Hotmail blocks images,
both external
and
> > > MHTML
> > > > packaged, in messages by default.  If any are blocked there is a
link
> to
> > > > click on to view the message with the images.  Users
can configure
> their
> > > > account to disable this if they wish.
> > > >
> > > >    The press release on this and other spam issues is at
> > > >
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/may03/05-08SayonaraPR.asp.
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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