On 7/22/14, Paul E Condon <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Wheezy. I have been using Debian since Potato, as I remember, I > started with Debian just after Y2K. I started out to write about the > debian-testing ML but first I need help with a crazyness in my mail > system that I just noticed, and must be a reinstall of wheezy that I > completed a few days ago.
This is called 'hijacking' a thread. Really ought to have started a separate thread! Anyway, $deity forgives you, this time :) > I use Mutt to read mail, good You might add lbdb if you haven't already! (unless you've got some weirdo plugin for weirdo emacs) > Emacs is invoked to write mail, weirdo! > Fetchmail gets mail via pop3 from my ISP, Strongly, as in *strongly* recommend you to use getmail (maintained by the ever supportive and peaceful osamu), or mpop (if it's still being maintained? - it's what I know). They are _much_ (as in *much*) faster :) (Did I mention they're faster than fetchmail?) > Procmail sorts it to mailboxes, and Others may have other suggestions, but I concluded on my last request to this list (based on the responses) to change from procmail to maildrop - procmail is far too unwieldy given the number of rules/lists I have... > mstmp sends email back to my ISP. When I started everybody on this > list who seemed to be an old timer assured that this tool chain was > the right and proper way to do email Your setup seems to be gettin a little long in the tooth in a few corners. And emacs ... just ... wierdo! Good luck :) Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caosgnssybqbclsvsz-1tv_rdckzbjruxrfvauwfjxm5zehn...@mail.gmail.com
