Re: any suggestions on mail client?
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 13:07:51 +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> after shifting from windows to linux, i am trying to see which mail
> program can i use. i need something that will
>
> - have facility to have folders: i will like to keep business,
> personal mails in different folders
Mutt can do this.
> - have facility for 'groups': so when i send mail to 'music' it goes
> to all five e-mail addresses on the list
Mutt can do this (aliases can contain several addresses).
> - have facility of address completion: so when i start typing
> 'sandip' - the real name, it picks up corresponding e-mail address
Mutt can do alias completion, which is a bit equivalent.
> - have some automation built in: messages from a particular sender go
> to a particular folder, etc
>
> * is it better to separate this function from mail reader and
> use, say, procmail instead?
It depends on what you want. If you want the filter to be applied before
you read the mail (i.e. when the mail is delivered), use procmail. If
you want the filter to be applied after you read the mail, Mutt can do
this (save-hook function).
> - have ability of address books with custom fields and ability to
> import csv format address books
>
> * is it better to seperate address book from mail program?
There is no custom fields in Mutt's address book (aliases). But Mutt
can query external address books.
Mutt can also do much more. See the official home page
http://www.mutt.org/
or my page
http://www.vinc17.org/mutt/index_eng.html
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