Re: Mail client with SMTP AUTH?
Nathan Weston <nweston@hamilton.edu> writes:
> Hello, My school just switched to a new mail server, and without
> warning began requiring SMTP authentication to send mail off
> campus. I've been using KMail which doesn't seem to support this.
>
> At the moment I have Sylpheed installed, but it's even uglier than
> most GTK programs (dons flame suit).
>
> Can anyone suggest a mail client which will do SMTP AUTH? Here's what
> I'm looking for:
I would just set up your MTA (exim|postfix|sendmail|etc.) to deliver your
mail for you and then you'd be free to choose any mail client you'd
like. I know exim can do SMTP AUTH, and I'd assume the others can too.
> Addressbook, including lists... support for kab would be nice, since
> that's where all my data is now. Ideally it would connect to a
> full-featured, external
> address book, so that I can store phone numbers, email, etc all in
> one place, rather
> than having separate address data just for my email client.
> Decent filters
> Support multiple accounts
> IMAP would be nice
> A KDE or QT interface would be nice... I would also consider a
> non-GUI program
> (having heard lots of rave reviews about mutt and gnus)
Gnus with bbdb would meet all these criteria, except for kab.
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