[OT] Thunderbird 3 vs. 2

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 03/12/2010 01:40 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote in message
> news:hne38s$a8f$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 03/12/2010 12:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>   wrote in message
>>> news:hne1t0$72k$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> On 03/12/2010 12:27 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>> Wow. You know, a lot of people consider Outlook Express the red-headed
>>>>> stepchild of email/ng clients (largely because of the security problems
>>>>> that
>>>>> were fixed ages ago). But I use it every day and it doesn't have
>>>>> *anything*
>>>>> like that.
>>>>
>>>> OE (at least as of the last time I used it) is much worse than TB, no
>>>> question about that. One simple matter - you can't archive messages
>>>> without using the mouse. As bad as Thunderbird is, it is way more
>>>> productive than OE.
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> Current folder: Alt-F, F, C
>>> All folders: Alt-F, F, F
>>
>> ?
>>
>> I have one folder called "Archive" in my IMAP account. I have read a
>> message and I want that message moved to "Archive". What steps do I need
>> to take?
>>
>
> I never really use IMAP, so I'm not sure if this will apply (though I assume
> it will), but this works for me:
>
> Move message (email-only): Ctrl-Shift-V, then type (or use arrow keys) to
> navigate to the desired target folder, then Enter to move it, or Esc to
> cancel.
>
> Copy message (both email and newsgroup): Just like "move", but use "Alt-E,
> P" instead of "Ctrl-Shift-V".
>
> Not sure if that's good enough?

Well it would be difficult to compare to Shift-A. To be frank it's a 
non-starter.

> Of course, this is all on XP, Outlook Express v6.00.x. For all I know they
> may have changed things for Vista or 7 (although, after having actually
> tried both Vista and 7, they'd have to drag XP from my cold dead hands).

Pledging allegiance and/or being a fan of a Windows OS is an interesting 
concept :o).


Andrei