On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:54:58AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 05:46:00PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > .fetchmailrc can have: > > [] > > user xxxxx is mark here > > [] > > user yyyyy is julie here > > Requires a local account for what really isn't a separate account on the > local machine. This is a piss-poor hack.
Not if mark != julie. I was refering specifically to your statement "Using fetchmail in the prescribed manner to get any sane results I /MUST/ mix the mail up." > > Alternatively, if you don't want separate acounts for work / home, you > > can use an exim .forward file to filter and save your home stuff to a > > seperate mailbox file and mutt -f the file. Alternatively... > > I have already addressed this in this thread. IE, dumping all mail into a > single account and then filtering out from there. This is not acceptable. > Again, a hack to the extreme. So, dumping the mail into separate accounts is a piss-poor hack. Dumping all mail into a single account and then filtering out from there is a hack to the extreme. The only alternative options I can see rely on the client fetching mail: i) firing up multiple instances of your mail client with different configuration files. ii) having one mail client with separate 'folders' for different accounts (not compatible with the local mail delivery system without extra work) Why would these be so much less hackish? It seems to be further from the unix paradigm to me. Have fun, Mark. [assuming that imap was not available to the original poster] ps. If anyone was after instructions on allowing multiple users to use one email account, look for stumpel.html at linux gazette. It's not ideal, but may be of use.