[mdlug] Need to make Thunderbird "treat" email 100% like Outlook

[Clinton V. Weiss]

Which extension?

On 7/3/07, Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:
>
> BTW,
>
>     I did discover an extension that creates what is requested.
>
>     -Rob
>
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re:[mdlug] Need to make Thunderbird "treat" email 100
> 47235904ke Outlook
> From: Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:07:15 AM
> > Thunderbird has extensions that will add calendering and it has an
> > address book that can access an LDAP system to provide an external
> > address list.
> >
> > If I recall correctly, one could also setup a "MS Exchange" like bit
> > using the T-Bird Calender Extension, a simple setup on a webserver
> > with MySQL as the back-end.
> >
> >    Regards,
> >    Robert Adkins    IT Manager/Buyer
> >    Impel Industries, inc.
> >    586-254-5800
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message  --------
> > Subject: Re:[mdlug] Need to make Thunderbird "treat" email 100
> > 58866448ke Outlook
> > From: David Lane <dcl400m at yahoo.com>
> > To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:37:11 AM
> >> For us that dont know What are the "Outlook" like applications for
> >> windows and Linux?
> >> That combines Email, Calanders/appointments, contacts ext.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> */"Clinton V. Weiss" <cvweiss at gmail.com>/* wrote:
> >>
> >>     Go a step further in saving money and educate the boss.  I'm not
> >>     saying sit down and preach to him as a teacher would to the
> >>     classroom, but leave printed articles around the break room, water
> >>     cooler, <insert where he tends to hang out here> and he will come
> >>     across them sooner or later.
> >>
> >>
> >>     On 7/3/07, *Robert Adkins* <radkins at impelind.com
> >>     <mailto:radkins at impelind.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>             Outlook's default method of treating replies to email adds
> >>         a lengthy
> >>         spiel of information.
> >>
> >>             It's places a divider line between each response within
> >>         the body of
> >>         an email, it places bold, single line headers of the
> >>         following, with
> >>         standard text versions of the following:
> >>
> >>         <--------------Divider Line Here--------------------------->
> >>             *From:* sample at sample.com <mailto:sample at sample.com>
> >>             *Sent:* Monday, July 02, 2007 3:31 PM
> >>             *To:* internalperson at mysite.com
> >>         <mailto:internalperson at mysite.com>
> >>             *Subject: *Sometime Important.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>             The boss believes that "EVERYONE" uses only MS Outlook
> >> and MS
> >>         Technology, which is extremely far from the truth, as we
> >>         receive email
> >>         from a plethora of different email servers, using a variety of
> >>         clients.
> >>         He just wants what he wants. (I want what I want, as well as
> >>         save the
> >>         company money.)
> >>
> >>             Does anyone have or know what terms to toss into Google to
> >>         locate a
> >>         configuration file to create the above in Thunderbird?
> >>
> >>             Thanks,
> >>             Rob
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     --     Clinton V. Weiss
> >>     cvweiss at gmail.com <mailto:cvweiss at gmail.com>
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> >>
> >>
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Clinton V. Weiss
cvweiss at gmail.com
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