Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-05-04 Thread Andrew Benton
Jens Olav Nygaard wrote: Andrew Benton wrote: Set Firefox as the default browser in Gnome (it should do this automatically the first time you run it). Run gnome-default-applications-properties and set the default web browser Thanks for the tip, but is it possible to do this without Gnome? (Not u

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-05-04 Thread Jens Olav Nygaard
Andrew Benton wrote: Set Firefox as the default browser in Gnome (it should do this automatically the first time you run it). Run gnome-default-applications-properties and set the default web browser Thanks for the tip, but is it possible to do this without Gnome? (Not using it, haven't compiled

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-05-03 Thread Andrew Benton
Jens Olav Nygaard wrote: Speeking of Thunderbird... I'm just trying it out, but how on earth do I get it to start firefox (or another browser) when I click on a URL in a mail, which *is* highlighted, by the way... ?! Set Firefox as the default browser in Gnome (it should do this automatically the

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-05-03 Thread Jens Olav Nygaard
Jason Gurtz wrote: but I could see it being real nice now. Thunderbird has actually treated me quite well now for a few years (been using it since 0.3 something, Speeking of Thunderbird... I'm just trying it out, but how on earth do I get it to start firefox (or another browser) when I click on a

Re: Favoured email programs please - epilogue

2005-05-03 Thread Declan Moriarty
On 5/2/05, Dave Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > > > http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/index.html > > > > In fact I don't like it because it because it cannot show cited text in a > > different color. > > Ah, another of those people with that mystic "color visi

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-05-02 Thread Dave Williams
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/index.html In fact I don't like it because it because it cannot show cited text in a different color. Ah, another of those people with that mystic "color vision" stuff. Personally, I think it's just a giant conspiracy. My on-again, o

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Declan Moriarty wrote: > The MUA I want is preferably not a part of kde, gnome, or emacs, > capable of having an address book. I am not enamoured of bloated, > super-capable things, and would prefer one that is curses based > (ncurses don't require X). This means cone: http://www.courier-mta.org

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Jason Gurtz
On 4/29/2005 09:53, Chuck Rhode wrote: > [...] ... or has everyone given up on "secure eMail?" I've given up on email. hehe, not really, but I'm coming closer every day. ~Jason -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Nick Matteo
On Friday 29 April 2005 13:39, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > > ... but ... *mutt* does PGP! ... or has everyone given up on "secure > > > eMail?" > > > > I'm not speaking for Declan here, just myself. > > > > I did give Mutt a go, but objected to learning yet another set of > > keystrokes. I have hea

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Declan Moriarty
> > > > ... but ... *mutt* does PGP! ... or has everyone given up on "secure > > eMail?" > > I'm not speaking for Declan here, just myself. > > I did give Mutt a go, but objected to learning yet another set of > keystrokes. I have heard nothing but good things about it, however, > approaching th

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, April 29, 2005 14:53, Chuck Rhode said: > Declan Moriarty wrote this on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:38:33PM +0100. > My reply is below. > >> I do want to get away from mutt, which is too crude and too >> complicated at the same time, and wrestles with html. > > ... but ... *mutt* does PGP! ...

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Chuck Rhode
Declan Moriarty wrote this on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:38:33PM +0100. My reply is below. > I do want to get away from mutt, which is too crude and too > complicated at the same time, and wrestles with html. ... but ... *mutt* does PGP! ... or has everyone given up on "secure eMail?" -- .. Chuck

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-29 Thread Declan Moriarty
On 4/28/05, Archaic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:38:33PM +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > > > Fetchmail for pop, but I do want a workaround for having to run it as > > a luser from a console. I'd like it in a startup script. > > Consider a cron job that runs as your nor

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-29 00:50]: > I have more or less decided on: > > Fetchmail for pop, but I do want a workaround for having to run it as > a luser from a console. I'd like it in a startup script. I was a devoted fetchmail user until it deleted a message I needed. If

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread Jason Gurtz
On 4/28/2005 10:38, Declan Moriarty wrote: > The MUA I want is preferably not a part of kde, gnome, or emacs, > capable of having an address book. I am not enamoured of bloated, > super-capable things, and would prefer one that is curses based > (ncurses don't require X). IMO, Pine is simpler tha

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 11:46 -0600, Archaic wrote: > > > > Fetchmail for pop, but I do want a workaround for having to run it > as > > a luser from a console. I'd like it in a startup script. Fetchmail has a 'daemon' mode. The initscript template is easily adapted to start it at boot. I think sy

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread Archaic
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:38:33PM +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > Fetchmail for pop, but I do want a workaround for having to run it as > a luser from a console. I'd like it in a startup script. Consider a cron job that runs as your normal user every so many minutes. > Any suggestions? Let's

Re: Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread Alex Kloss
Sure, Declan! Try sylpheed. Either the -claws fork, or the developer's gtk2-Version. Few requirements, unbloated, fast. It's what I use. Greetings, LX -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above infor

Favoured email programs please

2005-04-28 Thread Declan Moriarty
I am now happily sending & receiving email in LFS-3.3. I want to work (as little as possible) and get something similar in my lfs-5.0 (and later) installation I have more or less decided on: Postfix as mta, because I know it . sort of. Procmail as mda, despite it's obfuscated .procmailrc f