At 11:56 PM 5/17/2007, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 21:40:07 +0200 "Theo v. Werkhoven" <theo@ferrets4me.xs4all.nl> wrote:
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?
firstly, to theo it works! the programmer (DEFINATELY NOT ME) knows her current package code "backwards" she is just starting with linux and will still need to support windows as she has other clients that use the same program in the windows environment.
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).
I will have a look at it and see if it will suit her
However, I would love to see how Eudora performs under WINE or Crossover Office (Crossover Office is a commercial product that incorporates WINE and is tested for many Windows apps. The CodeWeavers team also hosts and supports WINE).
I am setting up a wine environment at present and will have a go at installing Eudora and openoffice2 (easy to use database) next week together with some"rough" code she has created to try it out with. One of the wine people has Eudora working, they say ok with little hastles and little delays. thanks to eveyone for help so far, will give feedback at end of month. scsijon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org