[Users] Why did you do a fork of Sylpheed?

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:25:04 +0100 (BST)
"N. W" <nw9165-3201 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> well, no, not really, the FAQ is very vague.
> 
> But, okay, then let me rephrase my question(s):
> 
> > http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/General_Information#What_are_the_differences_between_Claws_Mail_and_Sylpheed.3F
> > 
> > [...] Claws Mail then evolved into the stable, extended version of
> > Sylpheed, and in 2006 became an entity in its own right, in part due
> > to different goals and the fact that syncing both codebases stopped
> > happening. [...]
> 
> What goals does Claws Mail have that Sylpheed does not have? And why
> did the syncing stopped happening?

I tried Sylpheed once, and it didn't do even a half descend job of
working with an IMAP server.

SteveT

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