Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

* On 2007.05.12, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, * "Cleverson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Gentoo's Portage system, the latest Mutt version is 1.5.15-r2. Does it > have built-in SMTP, or should I install a piece of software to send e-mails? ESMTP client support was added between 1.5.14 and 1

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

On 2007-05-12 (Sat) 13:53:47 [-0300], Cleverson wrote: > > Now another question: > In Gentoo's Portage system, the latest Mutt version is 1.5.15-r2. Does it > have built-in SMTP, or should I install a piece of software to send e-mails? > Couldn't say for sure, but it would be quite a departure.

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

Hi folks, Thank you all for the tips given thus far. I'll probably set up Getmail + Maildrop, and will also test FDM suggested by Frank. Now another question: In Gentoo's Portage system, the latest Mutt version is 1.5.15-r2. Does it have built-in SMTP, or should I install a piece of software

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

On 11.05.2007 (22:31), Charles Cazabon wrote: slakmagik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: n/getmail-4.7.4-noarch-1.tgz: A secure python-based fetchmail alternative. Very interesting. getmail is included in most of the major distributions these days as an optional package, but that's the most rece

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

Cleverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > If there are alternate programs, I of course accept suggestions. fdm can do both on its own. Regards, Frank -- In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

* On 2007.05.11, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, * "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my experience, most people find configuring and using getmail easier. I I actually found fetchmail much easier to configure than getmail, but that's partly because I began using fetchmail many y

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

slakmagik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-05-11 (Fri) 19:51:38 [-0300], Cleverson wrote: > > > > I'd like opinions on which of these fetch-mails programs is better and/or > > have less bugs: Fetchmail or Getmail? I say getmail, but I'm biased, as I'm its author. > FWIW, here's what Patrick

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

The best combination for me is: fetchmail,procmail,mutt,esmtp I don't plan to change the match for they are working pretty well with my unbuntu-6.06 so far, in fact I've heard that getmail is a nice alternative option for fetchmail cos it's more bug-proof though. cheers -- Alex Yan 2007-05-12

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, May 11 at 07:51 PM, quoth Cleverson: > And about filtering and sending mail to specific mailboxes, do I > choose Procmail or Maildrop? I use procmail as a major component of my largest server, and it usually works well. I like it's syntax

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

On 2007-05-11 (Fri) 19:51:38 [-0300], Cleverson wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like opinions on which of these fetch-mails programs is better and/or > have less bugs: Fetchmail or Getmail? > > And about filtering and sending mail to specific mailboxes, do I choose > Procmail or Maildrop? > > I intend to

Re: Programs to Receive and filter mail

* Cleverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-11-07 18:52]: > I'd like opinions on which of these fetch-mails programs is better > and/or have less bugs: Fetchmail or Getmail? > > And about filtering and sending mail to specific mailboxes, do I > choose Procmail or Maildrop? I am very happy with postfix, f