Re: mail clients
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:23:53PM -0400, Jim B wrote:
> Hi all. Is there a good POP3 and/or IMAP4 client (console or GUI, doesn't
> matter) that supports multiple accounts with easy switching between them...
> and that can filter based on the "account" concept rather than just on
> headers?
>
> If I'm not making sense, I'm looking for something for Linux that can do
> what MS Outlook Express can do. Here's an example:
>
> One account is username "joe" and another account is username "tom."
>
> Someone sends to joe and the mail is filtered into his mailbox... meanwhile,
> tom's mail is filtered into his mailbox. BUT, if someone BCCs joe, his
> username will not appear in the headers... therefore, header-based filtering
> will be useless. The client needs to be able to filter the mail into the
> "joe" mailbox despite the fact that his address is not in the headers. The
> idea is simple, it just needs to know "From what account did I download this
> message?" in order to be able to direct it appropriately, despite what may
> be in the headers of the message.
>
> Anyone know of such a client? Pine's "roles" don't cut it as a single login
> cannot access multiple e-mail accounts. Also, procmail doesn't come into
> the picture because the filtering rules must be client-based so that all
> these mail accounts can be accessed from a single terminal login session,
> rather than by logging out and then back into another session.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
>
>
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Just my 2 cents:
Mutt/fetchmail/exim works fine for me, with 2 accounts. Contrary to popular
belief, it really isn't that hard to set up. My two email addresses are
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com and webmaster@mschess.org. smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
is my primary one.
I put this in my ~/.forward
-- CUT HERE --
# Exim filter (required)
if $h_To: contains "webmaster@mschess.org"
then save $home/Mail/mschess
else save $home/Mail/inbox
$endif
-- END CUT --
Then, I put this in my ~/.muttrc (copy the sample one from /usr/doc/mutt and use it as a base)
-- CUT HERE --
my_hdr From: Stephen Pitts <smpitts@midsouth.rr.com>
# all messages sent when I am in the mschess folder have the right email address
folder-hook =mschess my_hdr From: Stephen Pitts <webmaster@mschess.org>
# and all others have my normal address
folder-hook !=mschess my_hdr From: Stephen Pitts <smpitts@midsouth.rr.com>
-- END CUT --
Finally, I put this in my .fetchmailrc
-- CUT HERE --
defaults
fetchall
expunge 500
poll pop-server protocol POP3:
user smpitts
pass my_password
poll mail112.pair.com protocol POP3:
user mschess
pass my_other_password
-- END CUT --
I migrated from Windows and Outlook Express and have found that this
Linux system offers me several advantages:
* I can send mail with a From address other than smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
(I couldn't get Outlook Express to do that for me)
* I have folders that delete messages other than two weeks automatically,
like my mailing lists folders
* I can filter on ANY header in an email message. (Outlook Express
can't filter on the Resent-Sender header that the debian lists use
One of the hardest things for me was setting up email (that and finding
a X server for my i740 card), but, once set up, it has been well worth it.
--
Stephen Pitts
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
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