[X4U] Eudora 6.2.4 problems on 10.6.8 (Zane H. Healy)

[stephen e. schwartz]

thanks zane; yes it is 6.2.4; sorry.

but the strange thing is that it _has_ been working just fine till 
these things broke and I can't restore the unbroken behavior.

I am very fond of Eudora; quick, sleek, I keep a bunch of windows 
open (~15 mailboxes corresponding to different activities) and it 
never chokes; lots of good features. nice handling of attachments; 
lots of settings that I have come to appreciate. so it is great for 
my workflow.

I dont want to abandon it; I just want to restore its behavior.

clicking on urls worked till about two weeks ago. then it broke. no 
change in OS or anything obvious that I can think of.

-steve

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>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:06:56 -0700
>From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
>To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual	user."
>	<x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: Re: [X4U] Eudora 6.2 problems on 10.6.8
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>I believe the last version of Eudora is 6.2.4, are you really at 6.2?
>
>Having said that, clicking on URL's broke some time ago.  Though
>differently than what you're seeing.
>
>As for the other issue, Command-M still collects my email.  Eudora
>6.2.4 on Mac OS X 10.6.8.
>
>I think that Eudora has become somewhat less stable under 10.6, I've
>run it since '96 on the Mac (and before that on Windows), and this
>last year is the first time I've ever had it seriously blow up and
>loose my config.  My Mom has been having some serious issues with it
>on her Mac as well.  Plus it won't run under 10.7.
>
>Needless to say, the correct solution is to move off of Eudora.  When
>the time comes (in other words I'm forced to upgrade to a newer
>version of Mac OS X), I plan to move to Mailforge.  I demoed it in a
>test account last year with my full Eudora archive, and was very
>impressed.  It was able to import all my mail archives, unlike the
>new Eudora OSE based on Thunderbird.
>
>Zane
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>At 10:44 AM -0400 4/3/12, stephen e. schwartz wrote:
>>Hello gang, help please. I am stumped.
>>
>>For reasons unknown my trusty Eudora is behaving strangely.
>>
>>The most vexing problem is that when I double click on a http url,
>>nothing happens. Well actually sometimes I get a wristwatch,
>>sometimes a black and white non-spinning beachball. but other than
>>that nothing.
>>
>>option click to no avail. command click to no avail.
>>
>>I have tried the usual solutions: Deleting the .plist files doesnt
>>solve the problem. Neither does removing the settings. Neither does
>>a re-install from the dmg.
>>
>>Other strange behavior: Used to be that command-m checks mail. all
>>of a sudden that minimizes the window. I discovered that
>>command-shift-m checks the mail.
>>
>>I am open to any suggestions.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>-steve
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