On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:19:29 -0300, Rogerio Brito said: > BTW, I also notice how much people use Netscape to handle > their mail and when I install Linux for my friends I install > it also, for the following convenience: you don't need an MTA > in your machine for the (conceptually) simple tasks of > receiving and sending e-mails -- it incorporates both a POP3 > and a SMTP client in a single program. > > That is the reason why I don't install mutt for other people > (that might not know how to fix the problems when they > happen). But *if* I knew of other e-mailers with the same > functionality already packaged for Debian, I would consider > them. > > Which means that if we had different applications (the mail > and browser) each doing its job, we could have smaller > programs, easier to maintain (for the programmer) and faster > (for the user). >
As a former user of the Netscape mail client I can tell you that there are much better alternatives out there. The Netscape mail client is rather bloated (especially is you use it just for mail) and is (at least in my experiance) crash prone. Also its attachement to the browser has some disadvantages (if I could count the mails I have lost due to a browser crash will composing mail). Recently I found a new mail client called Pronto ( http://www.muhri.net/pronto ) it handles mail much better (and faster) then Netscape ever could while being more user friendly (IMO) then any other client out there. It handles multiple POP accounts, it imports mail very well, and has a good system of filtering, and searching through mail. It is very fast, especially when used with mysql or postgresql as the database backend (you can still use it without either, but these are much faster) There is also cpronto a console based mail client which has all (or almost all) of the features found in the graphical version. Currently I am tracking the CVS version of Pronto, but there is a Debian package in woody. A source install is also very simple with the prontoinstall program. Anyway, for those looking for a fast feature filled graphicall (or none graphical) mail client Pronto is your best bet. Tal -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Tal Danzig | Join #libranet on the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | openprojects IRC network | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | http://www.libranet.com | Tal Danzig | | The TOP Desktop! | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------
