On 20 Feb, Bud Rogers wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Hanson) writes:
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>> In my movement away from Windows, I'm ready to move my email.
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> [...]
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>> I noticed XFmail on the disk. It has a decent l&f, but lots of programs
>> have that. I don't want to configure it and start taking email into it
>> only to find out later it has some unacceptable limitation.
>>
>> Does anyone else use it? Are there any other recommendations?
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> I used XFmail for quite a while, some time ago. I didn't have any problems
> with it. I've since migrated to Xemacs/Gnus but that's a whole other
> story, not due to any perceived shortcomings in XFmail.
>
>
On the subject of mailers, I kinda have gone through a mini-journey
looking for one that satisfied some requirements I have. Let me
outline a few places I stopped. Let me preface by saying I am a x
weenie so want a x app.
tkrat - by far the best ImO. It just has the features like a
searchable database, nice mail handling tools, etc. Unfortunately,
until the subject came up on the list, SuSE 6 would not run it.
ishmail - a commercial alternative which is quite nice. I have it
registered. It does its job.
mutt - console based but powerful. Set up and modified with a .muttrc
in your home.
pine - was almost useless until I learned how to hack the From:
address. Talk about spoofing your own machine!! :)
xcmail - Its nice but it seg faults on occasion
xfmail - Nice features with great filtering, etc. It has an interesting
interface.
arrow - It works but does not do mime or other attachments. This is a
requirement for me.
tkmail - not tried recently. Any takers?
postillion - I would like to try but it needs a bunch of stuff. Anyone
tried this?
These were my adventures in email land. Any others people have tried
and would like to add? So my final selection is tkrat 1.2. I wrote a
small scriptlet that loads the required export statement and now I have
tkrat 1.2 back!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!
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Michael Perry
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