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Email clients are on category of Mac OS software in which there is a veritable cornucopia of choice. There is of course the Mail App. built into OS X. There are also a gaggle of veteran Mac OS email programs that have been ported to OS X such as Eudora, Nisus Email, PowerMail, MailSmith, and Mulberry, the Mail modules in the Netscape and Mozilla browser suites, and if you must (but please don't) -- Outlook Express and Entourage. Then there is a new crop of OS X only email apps, including GyazMail, Zoe, Mozilla ThunderBird, and the subject of today's Odyssey, GNUMail, a free, open source Mac OS X email client. GUNMail is billed as a "complete and fast email app," and it lives up to that description. It is a fully featured mail application running that supports Linux (or FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc) as well as OS X, using the GNUstep development framework or Apple Cocoa, which is based on the OpenStep specification developed by OS X's progenitor, NeXT, Inc.. GNUMail.app is licensed under the GPL, and the full source code for the application are available. 
The current version of GNUMail.app is 1.1.0. This release is quite stable and rich in functionalities and will work well for a day-to-day use.
Version 1.1.0 has the following supported features:
The GNUMail interface is clean and attractive, without an excess of buttons and icons cluttering it up. The preferences and account setup dialogs are clear and intuitive as well. GNUMail taps into the OS X Address Book for contact info. I found that GNUMail is gratifyingly fast, and experienced no stability problems in my test drive. 
So far the only major complaint I have is that like several other newer email applications, GNUMail does not support selection of a message's header information when you want to copy and paste the info elsewhere. Indeed, it wouldn't let me copy any of the header info to the clipboard at all. For me, that;s a deal-breaker, although it may not bother some users. Aside from that annoyance, this is a very nice, vary fast email application, and the price is right. Martin Brecher has prepared a GNUMail.app User Guide for GNUstep users, which reportedly guides you in the steps of installing and running GNUMail.app under GNUstep.
New in this version:
System requirements:
GNUMail.app is freeware For more information, visit here. Installing OS X 10.2 on G3 PowerBooks OS X with OS 9.2.2: Partitioning Scheme From: Alex Mathew Hi Charles: Thanks for your guide on upgrading to 10.2. I am running 9.2.2 and will be getting 10.2 CD's from Megamacs. I had a question about the partitioning and accessing common data.
You suggested:
"With your 40 GB drive, I would go with 15 MB or even more for the OS
If I went for this scheme:
(My OS 9.2.2 Applications and System Folder is at about 7GB total while my Documents folder is at 8GB. I expect my Documents folder to grow as I use OS X) 1. Does it mean that I keep all my documents/files in the Storage partition? and Should I use the Storage partition to share documents between OS X and 9.2.2 - pro's, cons? 3. Does the 15 GB for OS X include space for Applications and Documents or only OS X related System and Application files? How easy it to point OS X to using a Documents folder in the Storage partition? If I placed all my documents in the Storage partition, can/should I make the OS X partition smaller? 4. Will this scheme be a problem when trying to troubleshoot OS X ?
Also, I read somewhere about creating a Swap Disk Patition (1 GB) for OS X to improve its stability and speed. There's even a freeware to do it at:
Any further thoughts?
Thank you
Hi Alex:
1. You can store most stuff wherever you like. I would keep the respective OS Documents folders separate, though, and on the partition with the corresponding OS, as OS 9 and OS X use different protocols as to what application support files get deposited in the Documents folder.
2/3. Either way will work. You can use aliases to reposition some files in your storage olume, although with 15 GB on your OS X boot partition, you should have plenty of headroom, and you should keep your OS X Applications folder on the boot partition, IMHO. Stuff like music files, application installers, old document archives, and so on can be moved to the storage volume and linked to the boot volume with aliases. I think 15 GB is a good size for an OS X boot partition.
The whole thing is pretty flexible. You will discover what works for you as you proceed.
4. Not at all. Should be great. Being able to boot into OS 9 on a separate volue can be a great boon to OS X troubleshooting (and maintenance if you , like me, have mostly Classic disk maintenance applications).
With a big enough OS X boot partition, you should be OK keeping the swap files on it, but there is a school of thought that speed improvements are possible by relocating the swap files to a less used partition with theoretically less disk data fragmentation. Since the software is free, you can experiment with no cost.
Charles
Installing OS X 10.2 on G3 PowerBooks From Michael Blair Charles: If I'm not mistaken, the 8 gig volume limit still applies to "original" G3s when installing OS X; OS X must be in the first partition and it must be less than 8 gig. In my case, it was a PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet) with a 10 gig drive. I had to partition the drive 6 gig/4 gig in order to install OS X. Now I've got OS X 10.2 in the first 6 gig partition and OS 9.2.2 in the 4 gig partition. No problems booting into either.
It's all in the ReadMe that comes with OS X.
Hi Michael;
That 8GB OS X boot volume restriction pertains only to the WallStreet G3 Series PowerBook (and beige G3 desktops), which is an "Old World ROM' machine. The later Lombard and Pismo G3 Series PowerBooks have New World ROM and the limitation does not apply. Alex's machine is a Pismo.
Charles
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