Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-12 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server > > (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 > > clients out there :-( > > xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-12 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server > > (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 > > clients out there :-( > > xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal >

RE: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread John Baldwin
On 09-Sep-99 Andrew Reilly wrote: > XFMail isn't acceptable, because I've got 130M of mbox mail > boxes in a deep directory hierarchy, and I'd like to keep them > that way. The last time I looked at XFMail it insisted on an > un-nested mh-directory style of mailbox. Is it still the case? It sup

RE: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread John Baldwin
On 09-Sep-99 Andrew Reilly wrote: > XFMail isn't acceptable, because I've got 130M of mbox mail > boxes in a deep directory hierarchy, and I'd like to keep them > that way. The last time I looked at XFMail it insisted on an > un-nested mh-directory style of mailbox. Is it still the case? It su

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On 10-Sep-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: > > On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: >> :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. >> :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it >> :could do what xfmail can) >> In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' an

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Daniel J. O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: > :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. > :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it > :could do what xfmail can) > In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to > add.

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Jamie Bowden
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: : :On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :> :fetch mail from INBOX). :> Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with :> incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward :> everything to one account and pro

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Daniel J. O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: > :fetch mail from INBOX). > Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with > incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward > everything to one account and procmail it all. Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On 10-Sep-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: > > On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: >> :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. >> :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it >> :could do what xfmail can) >> In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' a

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Daniel J. O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: > :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. > :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it > :could do what xfmail can) > In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to > add

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Jamie Bowden
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: : :On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :> :fetch mail from INBOX). :> Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with :> incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward :> everything to one account and pr

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Daniel J. O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: > :fetch mail from INBOX). > Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with > incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward > everything to one account and procmail it all. Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Jamie Bowden
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: :Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) :all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a,

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Jamie Bowden
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: :Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) :all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a,

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Lutz Albers wrote: > --On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor > wrote: > > > > > On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > >> VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > >> versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that h

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Lutz Albers wrote: > --On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > >> VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > >> versions of XEmacs they've incorporated

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-10 Thread Amancio Hasty
I would start by using a java gui tool to design the look and feel of the xmailer and allow the application to load java classes or lets call them plug-ins. There is lots of stuff available for java including good design patterns and methodologies. Once the overall design is completed then tran

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Lutz Albers
--On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: >> VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later >> versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things >> better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Amancio Hasty
I would start by using a java gui tool to design the look and feel of the xmailer and allow the application to load java classes or lets call them plug-ins. There is lots of stuff available for java including good design patterns and methodologies. Once the overall design is completed then tra

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Lutz Albers
--On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: >> VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later >> versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things >> better. (I'm stil

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread David Scheidt
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: > > I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail > > under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail > > folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: > I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail > under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail > folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to > do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use differe

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Florent Parent
Nate Williams writes: > > > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > > > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > > > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) > > > > Does it do IMAP? > > It doesn't even

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread David Scheidt
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: > > I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail > > under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail > > folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowe

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: > I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail > under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail > folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to > do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use differ

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Florent Parent
Nate Williams writes: > > > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > > > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > > > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) > > > > Does it do IMAP? > > It doesn't even

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 David Scheidt wrote: > > fetch mail from INBOX). > Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an > ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less "Just worked". On a win98 > box, even. shudder. Yeah, I forgot to mention Netscape.. OK no mailer wit

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread David Scheidt
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly > (xfmail) > all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just > fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > > Does it do IMAP? > It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, > which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Woe is me. Oh well.. back to xfmail :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Nate Williams
> > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) > > Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get m

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 David Scheidt wrote: > > fetch mail from INBOX). > Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an > ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less "Just worked". On a win98 > box, even. shudder. Yeah, I forgot to mention Netscape.. OK no mailer wi

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread David Scheidt
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) > all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just > fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 10-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: > > Does it do IMAP? > It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, > which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Woe is me. Oh well.. back to xfmail :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Softwar

Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope

1999-09-09 Thread Nate Williams
> > VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later > > versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things > > better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) > > Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get