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Columba 1.0 "Holy Moly" Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-strongbadia-will-have-to-update-again dept.

Frederik Dietz writes to tell us that after three years of hard developement Columba 1.0, codename "Holy Moly!" is ready for general consumption. Columba is an email client written in Java that boasts a 'user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internationalization support.' Slashdot covered an interview with the Columba team earlier this year.

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  1. the question I have by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The question I have though, is what makes this better than the other dozen free email clients?

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  2. Looks like Thunderbird by MSch · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have to say, I expected something like Lotus Hannover, but to me it looks like a copy of Thunderbird implemented in Java with icons from Evolution.

    Directlink to screenshots: 1, 2, 3.

  3. I don't get one thing by Ilgaz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why people act like Java is dead on Slashdot? More Karma?

    They coded a full featured IMAP4/POP3 client which becomes standard in India schools and works on everywhere.

    Interface? Don't get me started about Yahoo and Gmail. For example, Yahoo must be the simplest pop3 server on the planet without any APOP or TLS options. I don't even hope for IMAP.

    I already switched to Spamcop with 15 mb or so storage, at least they serve IMAP with decent spam tools.

    I refuse to comment about gmail on slashdot.