Re: Mail from OE to linux and more
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:55:24PM +0000, Lambrecht Joris wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In a fit of rage (they just shouldn't have said those things out loud) i moved from win2k to linux for 'almost' everything i do on my computer. Scanning (canon d660u) is still a problem because Canon refuses to share information with Linux developers. Anyone looking to buy a scanner ?-P
>
Good for you. Win2K is a strange beast not to say anything evil. With scanners try to sign up
for "sane" mailing lists, there might be some way to get your current scanner working.
> After a lot-of-trial and error i managed to get fetchmail working correctly. Apparently the example config files aren't all that great :( At least not for me.
>
> Sendmail is still bothering me (frustrating is more correct by now). All the fetched mail ends up in /var/mail/root (i know it ain't wise but that's what i do for now, i'm carefull enough to take the risk). Great. But i cannot send any mail although i've set-up sendmail repeadetly with different iterations of what i think is the right config. I've used sendmailconfig to no avail, even dared poking at the sendmail.mc file. There are NO networking problems, this is purely a sendmailconfiguration problem. But i cannot get sendmailto the send something to the outside world. Tried a number of configurations but i'm running out of patience by now.
>
> Any hints on what i might be overlooking ? I don't want to get stuck with some mailclient eating up my mail without a chance to export it later on . . . hence i chose the fetchmail/sendmail combo.
>
Personally I am using mutt/procmail/fetchmail/qmail combo. As far as I know you don't
need either sendmail/exim/prefix/qmail if you have procmail installed. There is a setting
in the fetchmail called "mta" which allows you to explicitly tell fetchmail what program
to call to deliver your mail to mailbox. This way, if you call procmail your mail happily
gets sorted into whatever mailfolders you whant it. Procmail seems complex at first, but
if you take a look at a couple of sample recipe files on the web it starts to get much
more simple. And it is VERY powerful. I use qmail just because I have to run it since
mutt doesn't talk SMTP. A lot of clients out there talk SMTP just fine and you can use
whatever SMTP server your provider has. Qmail is very easy to set up and is VERY secure.
I have heard that setting up postfix and exim is easy too. Sendmail is a nightmare monster.
Unless you have some strange urge to run this particular MTA you don't have to. In any
case if you want your sendmail setup to work you should send in your sendmail.mc.
> Also, i want to import my OE mail and adress book into my Linux system, any good hints on what software/procedure to use ?
I have seen a couple of programs.... I think. The IMAP suggestion seems valid enough.
Let me check... Here is an address book converter
http://zakharin.freeyellow.com/Software/Dawn.html
And here is a mailbox converter
http://mbx2mbox.sourceforge.net/
In general search for outlook at http://www.freshmeat.net/ and you will find some
useful programs.
>
> As for mailclients on X11. I have tested Mahogany (mahogany.sourceforge.net), CSCMail (www.cscmail.net) , Spruce (spruce.sourceforge.net) but none of them look satisfying for the time being. To slow, to unstable, to barebones ... I'm not really fond of MUTT but am using it in the meantime, i need that daily dose.
>
> Leaves me very little choice. The only two i haven't tested yet are Evolution (http://www.ximian.com/evolution) and Postoffice (www.tarball.net) wich looks pretty cool but didn't work right away. Again, any and all suggestions are welcome.
>
I love mutt. Well, I suppose it is not for everybody. Out of text clients I would
suggest PINE, since it is very user friendly on one side and still text on the other.
Out of X based things a few to try would be Netscape Mail and Ishmail. For my needs,
XFMail has been good for a while, but you see national language support is really
important to me. On general note if you are in a networked environment you might
consider giving up GUI for easiness of remote access ( PINE ). I had an idea and
you might take a swing at it of installing apache and setting up one of the web based
e-mail solutions as my mail client. Also, if you recieve A LOT OF MAIL, you might take
a look at MH/EXMH combo, since you can script your e-mail handling with MH commands.
Again, if you recieve a lot of mail, stay away from mbox format, since it is much too
easy to corrupt your mailbox if it is a single file ( Netscape uses mbox :( ). As
another suggestion you can try to install personal IMAP server :)
--
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Reply to: