Any NEW development work on Barca & Pocomail?

[Eric]

2. Is it in beta testing yet or do you have a release date?

As posted:

I apologize for the quiet but I promise to have things sorted out enough so that we can post a proper update this coming month, with some good news.

[bitman]

Thanks Slaven,

Do you mean an update to the development plan
or an actual update to Barca though?

[Eric]

Thanks Slaven

No Slaven here.

Do you mean an update to the development plan
or an actual update to Barca though?

As far as I read/understood it, it meant an update, so no beta testing. Only a new release.

[bitman]

An new release of the update plan.. um wow.

In regards to gmail imap, I have found that it is much better to set the filters within gmail itself (especially if using that outlook dog), so that could be dropped form high priority when the plan is done.

So for gmail IMAP, can barca:
1. sync all headers?
2. download fuill emails locally and sync?
3. If I move a mail between folders locally, will it sync back at gmail.
4. If I create/delete/alter a folder locally, will a gmail tag be created?

If it can do all this, then I would suggest that there should not be a problem using gmail imap as long as the filters are set at gmail level (which is best anyway).

[clivew]

Well I am basically happy but DESPERATE for the following basic things:

Fix for continually downloading the same messages over and over again.

Better handling of poor HTML.

Retain formatting for pasted text.

Some fixes / enhancements to pocoscript (as a Delphi programmer I am frustrated with its limitations)
1. CompressMailbox to work without causing constant A/Vs
2. Ability to Set $CurrentMailbox

These two should be easy fixes/enhancements given what pocomail can do already.

Thanks,
Clive

[alcalde]

Did I miss the new update... or roadmap... or whatever was promised?

[Tomas]

Did I miss the new update...

Still in the beta testing stage.

[clivew]

Can you at least say what you expect to be fixed in the Beta?
See my previous post for items that give me trouble.

Clive

[Tomas]

I'm sorry I not aware of any changes in the areas you posted about in the previous post in this thread. (First two are definitely planned but dependant on substantial inner changes which are not yet finished.)

Fixes were mostly about mailbox access speed, resource consumption, and various annoying bugs (off the top of my head I think it was account replication, options reset, and some more... they were not published so it's just what I remember).

[Gleason Pace]

I'm sorry I not aware of any changes in the areas you posted about in the previous post in this thread. (First two are definitely planned but dependant on substantial inner changes which are not yet finished.)

Fixes were mostly about mailbox access speed, resource consumption, and various annoying bugs (off the top of my head I think it was account replication, options reset, and some more... they were not published so it's just what I remember).

None of which address the real function issues (message edit, imap support, inabilility to do a number of things that other clients commonly do). As I said elsewhere, even if Slaven actually does do this release, the most likely thing is that Poco development and support is effectively dead.

[Kevin Tea]

I'm a pretty patient sort of person but I have to agree that I am seriously looking at alternatives because there has been so little driving Poco forwards especially on IMAP support. I am looking at Thunderbird, it's a ugly little sucker but it works.

[MonBidoux]

I'm a pretty patient sort of person but I have to agree that I am seriously looking at alternatives because there has been so little driving Poco forwards especially on IMAP support. I am looking at Thunderbird, it's a ugly little sucker but it works.

You can always addon some new themes to enhance TB's appearance.

On the other hand, IMAP has it's pros and cons.

A little feature that goes unnoticed is the fact that you can install dictionaries in TB. Something that hasn't been looked after by Poco/Barca for quite a few years. Then again, if you use GMail that problem is non existent.

All around, Poco/Barca are well accomplished programs.
Easy to install and then backup/restore with all user predefined settings. It's fast to load with expedient response time for all it's functions with very little ressource usage.

[Tomas]

A little feature that goes unnoticed is the fact that you can install dictionaries in TB. Something that hasn't been looked after by Poco/Barca for quite a few years.

additional dictionaries can be downloaded from
http://www.addictivesoftware.com/addict ... extern.htm

[Kevin Tea]

Monbidoux

Some of those themes look as though they have been designed by Stevie Wonder on acid

I'll be sorry to be moving on from Pocomail but looking on the bright side it's cheaper than divorce!

[MonBidoux]

Tomas,

Pardon my ignorance and all too fast erroneous response.
(another humbling experience). Glad to have discovered another positive aspect to Barca.

Kevin,

You may want to look at the Whitehart theme which comes in two versions, one for Firefox and the other for Thunderbird. They work fine and are very neutral.