Kevin Coyner said: > > Since I'm just getting started and haven't invested > a huge amount of time, effort and config files yet, what > application chain would you recommend? At this point > it won't be hard for me to make major changes since I'm > not set in my ways nor have any predispositions. > > Right now I'm headed towards: mutt, sendmail, fetchmail > and procmail. But I'm selecting these for no particular > reason other than they seem standard and common. > > What might be a better setup (with 'better' meaning > having more tools yet less complexity!)?
mutt is good -- but on this list, did you expect any disagreement? sendmail is the most complex MUA. I highly recommend any of the big three alternatives: qmail, Postfix, and exim. If you use Debian Linux, exim is your default and extremely easy to setup. No matter what OS you use, if qmail is your choice, please install it from source and using the www.lifewithqmail.org guide. getmail is simpler than fetchmail, but not as powerful. maildrop has a simpler configuration language than procmail, but is again not quite as powerful. The basics - duplicate elimination, filtering mail through SpamAssassin, sorting mail into folders, dropping idiots you never want to hear from again - can be done in a less arcane way in maildrop. -dsr-
