Kevin, et al -- ...and then Kevin Coyner said... % % Since I'm just getting started and haven't invested % a huge amount of time, effort and config files yet, what % application chain would you recommend? At this point
Heh. You'll find that you'll get a different answer from everyone you
ask, so beware :-) Note to everyone else: I have interest in a religious
war, but I'm too lazy to caveat my comments below.
% it won't be hard for me to make major changes since I'm
% not set in my ways nor have any predispositions.
Good plans. You can even play a bit with lots of things and come to your
own conclusions!
%
% Right now I'm headed towards: mutt, sendmail, fetchmail
% and procmail. But I'm selecting these for no particular
% reason other than they seem standard and common.
I've never liked sendmail and happily use qmail, but Dan Bernstein's
software -- while robust, powerful, small, and secure -- isn't always
the easiest to install or manage. Other options include exim and Postfix,
and all have their zealots on this list. I'm not really advanced enough
to consider myself a qmail zealot; I just use the stuff. Then there are
ssmtp and friends for doing ultra-simple relaying through a smarthost;
I haven't kept track of them but I know that many are listed in the
archives; starting with "ssmtp" will no doubt turn up a few as well as
give some hints for good search strings.
I don't pop, and so I can't provide any opinion, but I've heard good
things about fetchmail.
If I were starting over I'd look at maildrop just because those who use it
keep going on and on about the simplicity of the grammar. I don't know if
it's any more or less powerful than procmail, but it sure sounds easier.
%
% What might be a better setup (with 'better' meaning
% having more tools yet less complexity!)?
I can't think of any more tools you really need; you have something to
read your mail, send your mail, get your mail, and filter your mail; that
pretty much covers it. You might also be interested in SpamAssassin, an
excellent spam-processing tool, and TMDA, a tool to mangle your address
and then manage replies to those addresses.
Let's see, here... The perl module Mail::Audit is in there somewhere,
too; I think it's a filter. Archives :-)
%
% Thanks again, Kevin
HTH & HAND
P.S. -- Do you note that I reply to your text as I go rather than
sticking it all up at the top? That's what I mean about
quoting style...
:-D
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