From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 18:19:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF451106566B for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:19:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6ED088FC14 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:19:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9078 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jun 2010 18:19:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Jun 2010 18:19:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=H1MuOPFSfTRCqzuvqz2cZ1kLGs0LQzVcNqiJoyzplUsZASyakMPzJxXg9n/A1Wfk05KP0GV1WSVnMXvp8MH1EQ7hpleUdSw9l5DnQKKID8WFyHCbWwuvE7MD4i7bhS97; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQlb6-0002h2-P6 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:19:53 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:18:51 -0600 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:18:51 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100621181851.GA94662@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20100621161106.GA6920@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100621175320.GA2003@blackspot> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100621175320.GA2003@blackspot> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: thunderbird replacement X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:19:55 -0000 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 07:53:20PM +0200, Ruben Pollan wrote: > On 09:11, Mon 21 Jun 10, Chip Camden wrote: > > On Jun 20 2010 08:28, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is just > > > doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters).... I use > > > xfce4 on 8.1-PRERELEASE (updated and portmaster -Rafd'ed about 3 weeks > > > ago).... I am looking for a good replacement suggestions.... here are > > > the minimal features I need: > > >=20 > > > * Gmail support > > > * Filtering (either internal or via external tool) > > > * Multiple accounts (2) > > > * Ability to send via local sendmail (my ISP blocks incoming port 25 > > > thats why I am using gmail) > > > * Handle over 1000 messages a day > > > * (optional) Plain text archives (unlike how Thunderbird does it) > >=20 > > You can do all of the above with mutt. > >=20 >=20 > I'm a big fan of mutt, it's my main mail client since a couple of years. = But I'm > not sure if is a good replacement for someone use to thunderbird. That really depends on the person, I think. I switched from Thunderbird to Mutt years ago, and I'm much happier now. Of course, most people aren't me. I guess the person seeking advice should make the decision (and maybe give us more of an idea of what would be a suitable replacement in this case). --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwfrQsACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKU14ACePmF2J4D5nyTqS9NGSzoAdAsP 3foAoKP3l/t2UZHPQQtNKO8a9AvRojHT =pYxX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6--