Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hate to tell you but fetchmail is not more elegant. In fact, I > find it > quite archaic. I don't know about you, but there is something about > pulling 2 > accounts worth of mail, dumping them into a single local account and > then have > to filter it all out /and/ have to tell the mail client to use x > account in y > situation but not z that is quite inelegant.
No, no, no!!! <hitting head against nearest wall> On my machine fetchmail fetches all mail from my ISP and hands it on to Exim which, in turn, distributes it to users and mailfolders. The mail so distributed is readable by any email app (MUA) because it is in a standard form. That is neat. The 'Windows' solution is to have the email app do the downloading. It is then filed away in a format unique to that particular application. That is not neat. I don't understand what you are saying about dumping the mail into a single local account. My system collects mail for three different addresses and as soon as the mail is received Exim delivers it to the appropriate user. Maybe you are not using a MTA/MDA like Exim. All I do to instigate this is click one icon (I can have it happen automatically if I wish). Friends who use Windows are amazed at how elegant it is and how another user can log on and access their mail only. They can set up their own .forward file to sort mail into their choice of folders. I build computers as a side line, and I usually install Windows 98. Have you tried setting Windows up in an easy-to-use form which allows a family to have an email address each from the same ISP and only see/download their own emails, making sure the correct address is shown in the 'from' header? Outlook allows the use of 'accounts' but it is still a nightmare to set up. If any user downloads mail it ends up in the Inbox (or other folder) visible to the user who instigated the download. Maybe I have not understood correctly the complexities of setting up Outlook . . . . -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux
