Hello,
I'm in the middle of my migration to Linux. I have installed
Conectiva Linux 3.0 (a modified version of RedHat 5.2, I think) on
both of my machines. However, I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.13 on
one of them, so I don't know if it still qualifies as a RedHat 5.2
system. By the way, what are the differences between a RedHat
5.x and a 6.x system besides the kernel versions?
Now I'm trying to getting the mail subsystem up and running. I
make intensive use of email, and I have a dial-up account which I
use with Windows 98 and Pegasus Mail. I have created an
extensive set of rules to classify my incoming mail into folders, to
make the reading easier.
I've read all the mail-related HOWTO's I could find, but none of
them explains how the Linux mail subsystem works. After following
some examples, I managed to send mail between the different
users of my computer with the mail command. I found that the mail
is stored in the /var/spool/mail directory in a file named after the
corresponding user. Is this the standard Linux behavior? I mean, is
mail always stored in this directory? Pegasus Mail offers the option
to work with Unix mailboxes. Are the files in the /var/spool/mail
directory in this format?
I tried using mutt and elm, but they don't seem to be very great ...
But maybe because I'm used to the Windows way ... Kmail seems
to be better. What mail program do you recommend me? I'm
looking for something like Pegasus and Eudora. I mean, I want an
advanced, GUI-based mail program.
But maybe in Linux there's no need for an advanced mail reader
because all the mail filtering could be implemented with procmail,
am I right? How should a big mail archive with messages classified
into folders (or, in Linux language, directories) be implemented?
Are there any howtos on this? I've looked into the Network
Administrator's and System Administrator's Guides, but they seem
to be oriented to large systems.
As you can see, I'm very confused. Any help would be really
appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Jeremías Galletti
