Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

Jerry Feldman wrote:

On Tue, 15 May 2007 21:40:07 +0200 "Theo v. Werkhoven" wrote:

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Scripting languages like Python, Perl, Ruby etc have libraries for both sending and receiving email, and parsing RFC2822 + MIME data. Those languages are mature on all relevant platforms, and all have good development tools. Why would you you a proprietary system when you can use a open (and free) system?

I have been using claws-mail (www.claws-mail.org) for a number of years. It includes a perl plugin for advanced searches. While Eudora is an excellent product, IMHO, you are probably better off using a product that is natively built on Linux. Claws supports both Windows and Linux, is actively maintained. You can build from source or install from RPMs. The two features that I like are that it fully supports MH folders (as well as MBOX), and it can access the jpilot address book directly. My wife has Eudora, and I find that claws has much of the same functionality. But, one capability that claws does not have is the ability to send html (IMHO a good thing).

Thanks for the alert. I'm going to have to check this one out on my spare time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org