Is it safe to assume that half a decade later the Eudora/ Aurora email client for Windows is dead in the water? Last I knew was Aurora was nearly ready, with some teaser screenshots published but the focus was on the Mac version instead. IIRC that was a few years ago. The silence has been deafening ever since.
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You can contribute to the project here - https://igg.me/at/HERMES80/. Any sum is welcome, but there is a suggested licence price of £60 Br., $70 Am., or $90 Cdn.
This is an alpha release and the usual caveats apply. I send the software out to new backers roughly every fortnight. You must have Eudora installed on your machine for the alpha test (it copies your old settings and mail automatically).
The software exists and it runs on Linux as well, through WINE.
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Whats your point? This question has been asked several times in various guises. I guess it'll be done when time and resources are available. In the meantime we can only be grateful that people are keeping it alive. For example, the work being done by Jens O.M. Karlsson, Ph.D in trialling and testing an OAuth2 proxy to get around that tricky problem.
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I thought my direct question was plain enough. As far as I'm concerned I'm asking it in the correct place. I'm not wanting to get embroiled in an arcane technical mailing list (which I gave up on years ago actually). However I'm not alone in wanting this updated software to succeed and I would be happy to buy a proper licence to extend the life of my paid-for 2002 Eudora 7. Like others I would still like to know the official status of the software or whether the Windows release has been officially abandoned, so that I can invest in alternatives instead, not that there are many.
I don't think it's asking too much for an official update.
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Alan, I think your question is plain enough and I want to give you a plain and responsible answer. Aurora has been in alpha test for a full year, work on it is progressing, and I believe that it is now close to being ready for an open beta test. Work is going slowly at the moment just because it is holiday time here but I will stick my neck out and suggest that the first beta is between one and five months away. The first beta will be for existing Eudora users only and will come with a few minor limitations, a slew of bug fixes and a number of small but significant enhancements.
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Pete, thank you for the news which I think is what loyal end users like me were waiting to hear. Everyone hopes the project will be a successful one and I don't for a moment take away from all the volunteering and hard graft that is going on during testing.
I will keep my fingers crossed hoping for the first release maybe first half of next year. My Eudora v4.0+ mailboxes are highly prized and I very much hope to be able to carry them forward to the latest version. More than anything I crave HTML mail and UTF/ISO compatibility, and maybe a better icon toolbar if I'm lucky...
Thanks Alan W
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Is it safe to assume that half a decade later the Eudora/ Aurora email client for Windows is dead in the water? Last I knew was Aurora was nearly ready, with some teaser screenshots published but the focus was on the Mac version instead. IIRC that was a few years ago. The silence has been deafening ever since.
You can contribute to the project here - https://igg.me/at/HERMES80/. Any sum is welcome, but there is a suggested licence price of £60 Br., $70 Am., or $90 Cdn.
This is an alpha release and the usual caveats apply. I send the software out to new backers roughly every fortnight. You must have Eudora installed on your machine for the alpha test (it copies your old settings and mail automatically).
The software exists and it runs on Linux as well, through WINE.
Whats your point? This question has been asked several times in various guises. I guess it'll be done when time and resources are available. In the meantime we can only be grateful that people are keeping it alive. For example, the work being done by Jens O.M. Karlsson, Ph.D in trialling and testing an OAuth2 proxy to get around that tricky problem.
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Last edit: visualperception 2023-07-31
I thought my direct question was plain enough. As far as I'm concerned I'm asking it in the correct place. I'm not wanting to get embroiled in an arcane technical mailing list (which I gave up on years ago actually). However I'm not alone in wanting this updated software to succeed and I would be happy to buy a proper licence to extend the life of my paid-for 2002 Eudora 7. Like others I would still like to know the official status of the software or whether the Windows release has been officially abandoned, so that I can invest in alternatives instead, not that there are many.
I don't think it's asking too much for an official update.
Alan, I think your question is plain enough and I want to give you a plain and responsible answer. Aurora has been in alpha test for a full year, work on it is progressing, and I believe that it is now close to being ready for an open beta test. Work is going slowly at the moment just because it is holiday time here but I will stick my neck out and suggest that the first beta is between one and five months away. The first beta will be for existing Eudora users only and will come with a few minor limitations, a slew of bug fixes and a number of small but significant enhancements.
Pete, thank you for the news which I think is what loyal end users like me were waiting to hear. Everyone hopes the project will be a successful one and I don't for a moment take away from all the volunteering and hard graft that is going on during testing.
I will keep my fingers crossed hoping for the first release maybe first half of next year. My Eudora v4.0+ mailboxes are highly prized and I very much hope to be able to carry them forward to the latest version. More than anything I crave HTML mail and UTF/ISO compatibility, and maybe a better icon toolbar if I'm lucky...
Thanks Alan W