-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm personally using a combination of fetchmail-ssl, procmail, and kmail. Handles everything I need it to, and a lot more!
> - Must be able to handle multiple IMAP-based accounts. (not necessarily > on the same server) fetchmail. Check out the webpage http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail. VERY east to set up and get working. My biggest problem with it was making it play nice with the SSL auth on my IMAP server, but that was only a problem because I'm a moron. > - Must be able to easily change which account I'm sending email from, > ideally selectable from the individual message composition screen. KMail all the way. Set up as many inboxes as you like, and they'll all be viewable Outlook-style from the main screen. > - Must support caching of IMAP messages to local folders (i.e. offline > mode) no -- POP3 won't work for me. I use fetchmail, so I'm cheating...my messages have to be local for me to even see them (KMail doesn't support IMAP yet). But the transfer is invisible to me. > - Must be able to provide a view similar to Outlook's folder list that > shows me, *at a single glance* how many unread messages I have in each > of my IMAP accounts. No switching around, no multiple keystrokes -- one > screen. Definitely. Almost identical to the Outlook folder list. > - Must have preview pane capabilities or, at the very least, something > similar to Outlook's show first 3-lines capability. You got it. > - Must have sophisticated filtering/rules capabilities. (pretty sure > procmail can fulfill this) KMail actually does support it's own quite sophisticated filtering set, which I use in lieu of Procmail. I generally just use Procmail to recognize PGP sigs/encrypts. (Did I mention that KMail seamlessly integrates PGP?) > - Must support automatic spell-checking of emails. Hm. If by automatic you mean "squiggly red line", then no. But spell-check is just a keystroke away. > - Must seamlessly handle MIME attachments (meaning I click on the "add > attachment" button/key, select the file from the hard drive and send the > email message with no other farting around.) Yessir, as long as your mime.types are set up correctly. I have yet to run into problems. > - Must have integrated address book (or seamlessly integrate into > another address book program) This includes auto-completing email > addresses as they're entered and the ability to enter actual names and > have the address program substitute the email address upon sending. Abbrowser supported, as well as it's own internal addressbook browser. I think it's extensible for more, as well. > - Must have integrated calendaring program (or seamlessly integrate into > another calendar program) Now that it won't do, to my knowledge. But check out the way it works with the KOffice calendar (which I don't use). > - Must synch up with Palm Pilots (at least address book and calendar -- > don't care about synching email) Can't help you there...I sync my m505 via Windows because I can't figure out how to make Linux recognize the USB cradle (enlighten me?). > - Address book must support exporting for use in other programs. Several different export layouts. I use the .kab version myself. > - Nice to have a debian package, but not required. apt-get update; apt-get install fetchmail-ssl kmail procmail > - Nice to be free, but not necessarily required. > - Be as stable (or more) as Outlook 2002. Goes without saying, I think. > - Does not have to be one single program, but does have to integrate > reasonably simply. I'm not willing to write custom code or spend 12 > hours on fiddling with things to get them interoperating correctly. > (especially as this is not something I have to do with Outlook) On Thursday 12 July 2001 12:28, Kurt Lieber wrote: > OK, I've read with great amusement all the chest-thumping going on about > MUAs, MTAs and how Microsoft email products are things that you scrape > off the bottom of your shoe. > > I, for one, am brand-spanking new at Linux and have yet to find a Linux > MUA that meets my needs. I really do like Linux and would like to > transition over to it for my desktop machine, but because of it's > weakness on the MUA side, I haven't been able to do so. ("weakness" is > my perception - you can prove me wrong by continuing to read) > > So, here's a list of my requirements and I'm hoping you guys can point > me to an MUA that meets them. If so, I'll gladly switch over to Linux > full-time and forswear Microsoft forever. :) > > > These are, IMO, very reasonable, standard requirements and they are > things that I *rely* on to get my job done. Again, I really hope that > there's a package (or set of packages) that will allow me to do what I'm > looking for. So far, I haven't seen it. And yes, I will gladly > sacrifice a *little* stability in order to achieve these features and > capabilities. > > If there isn't, then I hope the person who stated "anyone who uses MS > email products is ignorant" will reconsider their statement. > > Thanks. > > --kurt - -- my card... _______________________________________________ | | | Jason Rashaad Jackson | | ____ ____ | | | \ / | UNIX Systems Administrator | | | | 2032 Dana Building | | | |\ /| | (Office) 734.615.1422 | | | | . | | (Mobile) 734.649.6641 | | |___| |___| http://www.umich.edu/~jrashaad | | G O B L U E | |_______________________________________________| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7TwKH+LvK5VcniMsRAmdCAJ93lsZtG3qoRuqxyfkHJiv7PWuZsgCeKtYI AB/jiuneM+AFMMW5FUT1Jw0= =2QiB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
