From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 23:32:42 2011 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 3037D106566B for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B96118FC18 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:32:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28091 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2011 23:32:40 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=DKIM-Signature:Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=FacrtMzRAo2M4MSBdRPDUwAA4WCu4mi1+fCZI3QhTCrZ90TbpCgDpnoCc790lFVccGs0lmGZZoSgTLOmDIaJtjKojr+TxUE6ObH7n2P2zsvdwjozwZTmLWV7eKL2NyISET0h/3e33JN27I8AJYxdhh0Szv6nDxGj7/fbVA9V5eQ= ; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1295393560; bh=J86QeBwqniFeG995Uw3BHdQ4oW237vclHlogvJpvH+U=; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=mY95e3Wsx3fEBWyXKfBWcQ7q2vzbnKMNkgwve6qv8DC7B93JaCSRjpbAQCdgO+325EUWllKbIhH/REIMCrtr03692KcNDrOFOOr8I57r1XrbeTj/Q3GVY3wqtajBT9E4fRdou6WjvKoSIbQ4YPddzEZ2aU/ZV09AHiDjdeSdL6Y= Received: from napoleon (mike.jeays@99.224.61.141 with login) by smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2011 15:32:37 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- X-YMail-OSG: 6HVfq3oVM1nyPw_wl_oMphnVNs.HwUrT3HUDaUeqIeVoCnI sNCRrgGmqm6kRXkcR5HkLNHStl7Wc4E0dl9ZtmelNRUL_p7SqkI1sHUuBdlB QvwkYSSGQCXwyxM.zpnisKxtmempCF0i2zmJFy_V40uEdLNmNQ_rLN6vhaJK M6l3MlbRqIAbsZ2SvjgSzT_cnLRkvsTDUrub0BKhuC92dfm4.IpAayBGONVU yimyVRfyc0Js.BUWZCb_Sh67_VfLEUVjCIpfFu3EVCopM9NQUpq3U6pZmaMX onU5jRZbn6srhQVJKnHA- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:32:36 -0500 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110118183236.691d5146@napoleon> In-Reply-To: <20110118204301.d52dfe55.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110118.045706.6321.0@webmail05.dca.untd.com> <20110118120534.000012b3@unknown> <20110118204301.d52dfe55.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon Subject: Re: documentation OF FreeBSD 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: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:32:42 -0000 On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:43:01 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:07:12 +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: > > Considering the wording of the original posting I HIGHLY doubt the OP would > > be willing to use PINE/MUTT/MAIL. > > > > So they hardly count,... 99% chances (my bet anyways) are that hey wanted a > > GUI app for this. > > In this case, out of the commonly used programs one could > be chosen, e. g. Thunderbird. But also lightweighter > applications such as Sylpheed or even KMail (when you're > already intending to use KDE) or Evolution (Gnome's > equivalent, if I remember correctly) is an option. > > Using fetchmail to get the messages _independently_ from > any MUA gives you the chance to test various applications, > or even use them in parallel, employing one and the same > mail data. Using the system's mailer (e. g. via SMARTHOST) > makes you fully independent from the traditional POP/SMTP > accounts _in_ the MUA. > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I agree about using Kmail with KDE; it is a well-designed mail program. However, using Kmail with Gnome was a horrible experience; it drags in and keeps starting up nepomuk and its friends, and chews up much of one's CPU capacity with apparently nothing to show for it. I switched to claws, which seems excellent.