KISS

[Daniel Jalkut]

Hi Michael: 

On Jan 16, 2010, at 6:22pm, Michael Ströck wrote:

> "No filters" would immediately make it unusable for me, and probably many other people on this list. 
> 
> "No signatures" is basically impossible - many people don't realize it, but in most EU countries, an email signature with basic information about your company is called for BY LAW if the message is used for business activity - you cannot leave that out.

My point is that these can be implemented as plugins, and are a distraction from achieving what actually matters: a fertile base for feature development.  Yes, I picked incredibly crucial features, to make it painfully obvious just how minimal *I* believe 1.0 should be.

Consider the part of my message where I said:

> 1.0 doesn't have to be actually useful as a replacement mail client in order for it to be a success. The most important thing 1.0 can achieve is to prove the product's own viability. I would suggest that in order to do that it should:

Daniel