Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from Steve Lamb:
> s. keeling wrote:
> >"Do one thing, but do it well."  That means MTA + MUA + procmail +
> >bogofilter + ..., not Thunderbird which does all/some of that
> >marginally and is designed for Windows users who can't be bothered to
> >learn The Unix Way.
> 
>     Actually, as I have explained many times in the past the tried and true 
> chain of email tools falls flat on it's face when it tries to do anything 
> complex.  Like, say, received multiple email accounts through IMAP/POP and 
> keep the entire exchange separate for every account without having the 
> overhead of multiple email clients.

That doesn't sound too difficult a problem for procmail (or
mailfilter) to sort out.

Perhaps your idea of a solution to the problem needs rethinking.  Why
are you insisting on using such a complex system?  Perhaps that's what
needs re-working, not Debian list posting rules.  Yes, I am suggesting
you change.  You're insisting your system isn't working for you.


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