SS>> 2 - filters that can cause any of the following actions - copy or
SS>> move messages to a different mailbox, forward and/or delete a
SS>> message, copy a message to an external (text) file, set the
SS>> read/unread status, send a canned reply, add sender to address book,
SS>> inform me that a message matching a particular filter has arrived,
SS>> run a program or script.
This is procmail. Almost no mail client will do what procmail can do, and
I don't even think any of mail client makers will try to do it. There's
no need to invent the very-close-to-round wheel if there's perfectly
round one on the market.
SS>> 10 - knows what to do with common types of attachments - .wav .jpg
SS>> gif .html .tar .zip and others
I won't advise you to go to this way. Imagine someone senfing you a file
with a name `rm -rf /`.gif and you using shell to run viewer on it...
SS>> My second question is: Is it possible to **translate** the e-mail
SS>> messages from my current OS/2 program to the format used by whatever
SS>> Linux e-mail client I move to? I don't mind doing a bit of
Depends on what the format was, surely. Unfortunately, many client makers
feel unresistable urge to reinvent the wheel and put the mail into own
proprietary format...
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