Re: t-bird vs filters to sort msgs
On 12/11/22 10:39, gene heskett wrote:
On 12/11/22 10:00, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 09:51:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
(Skipping)
So as a LinuxCNC supporter, I'm stuck with debian. And debian has made it virtually impossible to install anything from the TDE repos.
The instructions at https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=150536 - the third item returned for the Firefox query "tde debian repository" - appear likely to work on the Live DVD for Debian 11.5. The tde-trinity install describe there gave me no indication of a problem in simulation mode, so the real install probably would work. The instructions at https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Debian_Trinity_Repository_Installation_Instructions are similar and probably would work as well.
So I need a WORKING email agent, with or without fetchmail & procmail.
fetchmail (6.4.16-4+deb11u1) and procmail (3.22-26+deb11u1) installed fine on the same image. The only reason I did not complete the tde install is that it would have brought in I am using the image for recovery and did not want to install all the stuff that tde appears to depend on.
And it looks like after 20 years, I am going to have to learn how to use a brand new to me emailer. Neither mutt, nor alpine, has docs for a beginner that aren't buried 2+ more directories deep in /usr/share/doc.
No man pages...
So at this point I guessing that I need a fetchmail/procmail front end as I don't find any references to account setups for either one. Is my macular degeneration of my 88 yo eyes hiding that from me?
Since know and prefer fetchmail and procmail, it might be worthwhile to describe on this list about any problems you encountered installing or reinstalling them.
Regards,
Tom Dial
Thank you Andy. take care and stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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