[Discussion] JAVA e-mail clients and OS/2.

[Bob]

** Reply to message from "JohnK" <koz at fuse.net> on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:00:27
-0500

> I used the JAVA app PolarBar for a long while, liking that I could use it on
> eComstation 1.2, that it saved it's posts in clear text, and also have it run
> on W2K (where it never worked properly but would allow me to sent attachments).

I don't know about W2K but Ploarbar works very well on XP (you must install Sun
JAVA because MS JAVA will not work).


> But  eComStation 1.2 is behind the curve with JAVA updates and PolarBar
> wouldn't send attachments because of this, and, besides that PolarBar's no
> longer supported.

Not entirely true.  Although most new features are not being developed fixes
are still being done.  I have just recently gotten a fix into Polarbar for a
problem sending email to a Sendmail server (Polarbar thought the email was not
sent, but Sendmail did send it, and Polarbar continually resent the email).


>   Upgrading my OS/2 and Windoze platforms (every 5 years or so, whether they
> need it or not), I found the Java e-mail client Columba
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/columba/).  First platform to complete* was
> Windoze and Columba seems very nice: stable, all the features I need, makes
> sense in the way it operates.

I don't know anything about Columba.


>  I'm waiting for eCs 2.0 GA to start building a
> new machine and am hoping Columba works there so I can avoid Win most of the
> time.

Polarbar v1.26 build 2264 and older works using JAVA 1.3.1.

Polarbar v1.26 newer than build 2264 will work with JAVA v1.4.2.  That JAVA has
some painting problems but does work.

eCS 2.0 from what I have heard will probably ship with JAVA 1.4.2 (I have no
inside knowledge so don't rely on this).

-- 
Robert Blair