Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:32:36 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: documentation OF FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110118183236.691d5146@napoleon> In-Reply-To: <20110118204301.d52dfe55.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110118.045706.6321.0@webmail05.dca.untd.com> <AANLkTinvoLT9PrtyJNRUT8CubHfd0wS3wXmQiDjn6LDq@mail.gmail.com> <20110118120534.000012b3@unknown> <AANLkTi=YH8_dBuae_U6dUnCGj1HDwcb3b2k0%2BhFXYJ5L@mail.gmail.com> <20110118204301.d52dfe55.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:43:01 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:07:12 +0200, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> 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.
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