Re: GNUMail

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 12 Nov 2008, at 06:45, Dennis Leeuw wrote:

> Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I am discussing GNUMail with Ludovic.
> > What would everyone think of more of a CRM type app like DayLite by  
> > Market Circle? Not totally like that, but where you would have a  
> > record for each contact and besides seeing e-mail you sent, see  
> > other interactions, store data about them (address, e-mail stuff,  
> > notes, PDF files and other attachment type items you have sent etc)
> > My other thought was a different UI, maybe something more like GMail?
> > I guess I am looking for thoughts to enhance GNUMail...
> > Thanks for the input.
>
> There is alreay a calender app which also does tasks: SimpleCalendar
> There is a mail app: GNUMail
> There is an address book: Addresses
> There is a notes app: Affiche
>
> So what you need is:
> A sync application
> A workflow manager
> A project manager
>
> And through services you can integrate them.
>
> Just my 2 cents.

I strongly support this ... I don't like bloated monlithinc  
applications.
Much better is a suite of well integrated applications, and services  
are the ideal way to do this (though that doesn't rule out even  
tighter integration where appropriate).