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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Wed, 28 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> At the moment I am using Phoenix 0.5 with BL2.  I tried 0.6
> but it has been bloated by feature-creep and is slower than
> 0.5.  I've had some success running Skipstone on Phoenix.
> As some of you probably know, Skipstone is not a complete
> browser, it is just a slim front-end that uses parts of
> Mozilla.  Skipstone can't run without a copy of Mozilla.
> It occurred to me that Phoenix has a structure very similar
> to Mozilla, so (just for fun) I pointed Skipstone at the
> Phoenix files (MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/local/bin/phoenix)
> and "lo and behold" it worked.  Skipstone seems to be faster
> on Phoenix (but I haven't been able to do a proper test on
> this computer because it doesn't have enough HD space for
> the full Mozilla).
>
> I've also had some success with sylpheed on BL2.  There's
> a package available for it at the DeliLinux site.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/delilinux/deli/xap/sylpheed.tgz
> --------------------------------------------------------
> It's a Slackware-type package, so it installs easily with
> installpkg (and uninstalls just as easily).  I think the
> only additional libraries required are in the gtkglib.tgz
> package (in /slakware/gtk1).  I had already installed that
> package (and several others) on this computer so sylpheed
> ran first time, with no dependency problems.
>
> sylpheed is an X email client.  It makes a good companion
> for Opera, Phoenix, links2 or any other browser that doesn't
> have a built-in POP/SMTP client.  sylpheed is very quick on
> my P166, but that is the slowest machine I have available at
> the moment (I've just thrown away one 486 and the other is
> in pieces).  I'm quite impressed by sylpheed (but I've only
> been using it a couple of hours).  I'd be interested to hear
> what other BL2 users think, particularly those running it on
> 486s or low-end Pentiums.
>
Though I'm perfectly happy with Pine, I'd be willing to "test drive"
Sylpheed on my 486 DX2 66 with 20MB RAM (30 pin simms) for you, Steven.
Would that be a help?  Also, now that the machine seems to be functioning
normally, I'd be willing to install Mozilla (argh!) there, as well as
Phoenix 5 and Skipstone, if that would likewise be of help.  I'm kind of
limited to this beta testing type stuff to evenings now, and have to fit
it in around other things, but I could give some general feedback on how
things work, or barely work, on a computer of such underwhelming
proportions.  Let me know if I can assist in this and I'll get on it
tomorrow evening.

James