Upgrading Mail App in Tiger

Many thanks, as always, BD,

Verizon is POP, they said, and they claim to support versions 4 and up. Makes you wonder why this is considered 'progress', but I assume it requires software modifying for the earlier operating systems that costs companies extra time and money. As it is, Time Warner accepted Mail v. 2.1.3, but we switched from them as their monthly fees went up.

Does Sea Monkey and/or Thunderbird offer the multiple-pictures-in-body-of-text option that Mail does? With AOL, it's tedious to insert pictures, though a workaround I've tried is to prepare the photos as a PDF, since I have Acrobat Pro, and send that as an attachment.

You know those email things that friends circulate, with a dozen photos or so all in a vertical row? That's what I'd like to do, and it seems like Mail could do it.

Thanks, sorry for long post here...

k

Thanks,BD, looks like Tbird may be the solution for now.

Case solved! 🙂

k

...Although....I think I tried Thunderbird many years ago, and found I had some difficulties with it...don't remember what, exactly. Let's hope latest v. is more user-friendly, or that this user has gained considerably more experience in the mean time.

BD, Actually, since you asked, the Verizon tech guy had a terrible time trying configure Mac Mail to send, although he finally got it to receive. I think he used every possible combination of user names and incoming/outgoing server entries. This took an unbelievable 2½ hours, and he took over the screen. He said the problem was also with the Verizon server, but said none of their Windows customers had problems...touché.

So he finally tried configuring Tbird, and got it to work. Now I can send a bunch of photos - that's what I wanted it for. Tbird's interface is a little buggy to my taste - or needs more care - as double clicking 'new message' gets you two message blanks. Also, there's some difficulty with the folders and how they tend to nest and get complicated. I will look for a tutorial, or take time to study more carefully. Remember, I was a total novice back in 1990's when first tried this.

best,

Keith