[Users] Claws Mail 3.18.0 and 4.0.0 unleashed!!! Message sent on July 10th, no replies. Did it get to the list?

[Gil Weber]

Sorry for top-posting. I bottom-posted my original message but the
reply below top-posted so I'll continue the same to avoid confusion.

Thanks. wwp for this helpful reply. I guess I'll have to do some deeper
digging vis-a-vis flatpack. (Maybe when I upgrade from Mint 19.0 to 20.2
I'll be able to avoid the whole flatpack problem.)

3.18.0 vs 4.0.0 and, consequently choosing GTK2 vs GTK 3 is beyond my
skill level. So maybe when I upgrade to Mint 20.2 the choice will be
made for me.

One question remains vis-a-vis backing up my ClawsMail Mint 19.0 files
for reinstallation to CM in Mint 20.2. I see the two you noted below,
entire ~/.claws-mail directory and ~/Mail    Thank you.

But for reinstallation into either 3.18.0 or 4.0.0 will they go back
into the same places or have locations changed from CM 19.0 to 20.2?

And, yes, I regularly backup my entire home and root partitions.

Thanks again. Appreciate your wisdom.  :o)


On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:04:41 +0200
wwp <wwp at claws-mail.org> wrote:

> Hello Gil,
> 
> 
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 08:11:31 -0400 Gil Weber <gilweber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 19:11:33 -0400
> > From: Gil Weber <gilweber at gmail.com>
> > To: users at lists.claws-mail.org
> > Subject: Re: [Users] Claws Mail 3.18.0 and 4.0.0 unleashed!!!  
> 
> Your message was successfully relayed by the mailing list (at least
> *I* did receive it in time). If no-one has replied yet, it's because
> no-one has something to answer, no-one cares or the ones who care and
> may answer haven't had time to do it yet?
> 
> 
> > I am using 64 bit Mint 19.0 with Claws-Mail 3.17.8 Flatpack . 
> > Flatpack was installed because I could not get mail from ATT
> > servers (e.g., bellsouth.net) using "pure" Claws-Mail. Don't
> > understand why, but at least my bellsouth.net e-mail does load
> > whereas it would not prior to using the flatpack version.  
> 
> The flatpak is not an official thing we do provide at claws-mail.org,
> maybe someone else, subscribed to the ML, will reply? Otherwise,
> please just contact the flatpak maintainer.
> 
> 
> > Regarding CM 3.18.0 or 4.0.0 can anyone give me advice on which, if
> > either, I should try? I need a simple install. I'm just not a
> > sophisticated enough user to do any compling or similar.  
> 
> 3.18.0 or 4.0.0? The former is GTK2, the latter GTK3. Can't say more,
> it's up to you. Yet again, if your concern is about the flatpak
> version, it's not the right place to expect some help from.
> 
> 
> > I would love to be able to use Fancy again (not possible with
> > current flatpack version of CM).  
> 
> To use the Fancy plugin, you need to build it from the sources unless
> the binaries are available from your usual source/repository. And get
> webkitgtk-2 installed, probably from the source since this package is
> abandoned everywhere, outdated and insecure. I know it's a PITA since
> it's the only HTML renderer that looks nice, especially compated to
> DILO and even to the new plugin based upon liteHTML.
> 
> 
> > Also, if I am going to try to move to either 3.18.0 or 4.0.0 what
> > files should I back up in advance? And would they then be restored
> > to the same locations in 3.18.0? What about 4.0.0?  
> 
> Want to backup? Well.. backup the whole ~/.claws-mail directory, and
> while you're at it, your ~/Mail if it's used. A complete backup won't
> harm, if you don't already do it on a regular basis, you're just
> living dangerously.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> > > On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 09:13 +0000, Paul wrote:      
> > > > 10th July 2021                              Claws Mail 3.18.0 /
> > > > 4.0.0
> > > > 
> > > >      CLAWS MAIL  RELEASE NOTES
> > > >                     http://www.claws-mail.org
> > > > 
> > > > Claws Mail is a GTK+ based, user-friendly, lightweight, and
> > > > fast email client.
> > > > 
> > > > Version 4.0.0 is the initial GTK+ 3 release.
> > > > Version 3.18.0 is the GTK+ 2 release.        
> > 
> > 
> > Hello, everyone. 
> > 
> > I am using 64 bit Mint 19.0 with Claws-Mail 3.17.8 Flatpack . 
> > Flatpack was installed because I could not get mail from ATT
> > servers (e.g., bellsouth.net) using "pure" Claws-Mail. Don't
> > understand why, but at least my bellsouth.net e-mail does load
> > whereas it would not prior to using the flatpack version.
> > 
> > Regarding CM 3.18.0 or 4.0.0 can anyone give me advice on which, if
> > either, I should try? I need a simple install. I'm just not a
> > sophisticated enough user to do any compling or similar.
> > 
> > I would love to be able to use Fancy again (not possible with
> > current flatpack version of CM).
> > 
> > Also, if I am going to try to move to either 3.18.0 or 4.0.0 what
> > files should I back up in advance? And would they then be restored
> > to the same locations in 3.18.0? What about 4.0.0?
> > 
> > Thanks for your wisdom.  :o)
> > Gil  
>