Claws Mail article in Linux Magazine

Following the awful review of Claws Mail in issue 86 of Linux Magazine — awful because of its inaccuracies — I wrote a critical blog post and informed the editor, Joe Casad, of my post, thoughts and feelings. He quickly responded, apologising and offering further coverage of Claws Mail in the form of a full article, if I would like to write it. What a great response, it couldn't have been any better!

The article is now written and published in issue 90 and can be downloaded in PDF format via this page.

Too bad about the seagull feet, I would have preferred to see The Manticore, a "gigantic red lion with a human face and three rows of teeth [whose] nails are twisted into talons, like drills and […] teeth are cut like those of a saw"^[1], or Humbaba, who "had the paws of a lion and a body covered with horny scales; his feet had the claws of a vulture, and on his head were the horns of a wild bull".^[1]

[1] Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Imaginary Beings

 

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4 Responses to “Claws Mail article in Linux Magazine”

1. Miquel Says:
   Sat, 26th Apr 2008 23:17:45 +0200

   Hi Paul

   I read this article in the Linux Magazine's spanish version and I thought about doing the same that you have done. Fortunatelly you have done a better work than I could do ever because of your great knowledge about Claws-Mail.

   Thanks for writting this great article and dot the i's and cross the t's ('poner los puntos sobre las íes' in spanish and 'posar els punts sobre les is' in catalan) :-D .

   Regards,
   Miquel

   Using Debian IceWeasel 2.0.0.13 on Debian GNU/Linux
2. Michael Rasmussen Says:
   Sat, 26th Apr 2008 23:34:39 +0200

   Hi Paul,

   Nice to see you show your claws and present a proper review of claws-mail. Only thing which comes in to my mind when thinking of the, so called, journalist:

   Little people, little minds, little points of view!

   happy hacking,
   Michael.

   Using Epiphany 2.20 on Debian GNU/Linux
3. iwkse Says:
   Sun, 27th Apr 2008 14:24:13 +0200

   Heya Paul,

   Yesterday I took a look at the review which is cool to me, very well done with examples on advanced features. About the picture, yesterday i said to you I liked the one they choose, mostly cause it remembers a bit the Claws Mail logo and the colors I think are just great:)
   The Manticore is pretty cool too though… is this like an way to discuss about the logo? :o

   Regards
   Salva

   Using Galeon 2.0.4 on Debian GNU/Linux
4. p Says:
   Mon, 28th Apr 2008 21:08:48 +0200

   iwkse asked…

   is this like an way to discuss about the logo?

   No, just a way to stay amused, with a nod of the head to the Claws/Wild Beast thing!

   Using Galeon 2.0.5 on Debian GNU/Linux

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