Mutt is not a graphical program, however it should meet all of your needs.
I have it setup so I can view graphics attachments (I use mutt in X in a termal
window). When I view an html page, lynx loads, however it could be setup to load
netscape instead.
I check my mail on an exchange server (via imap). All the mail stays on the server.
Additionally, I have fetchmail pulling mail from my home account, and it feeds it into
my local spool. Then the console will tell me I have new mail. I run mutt in another
window to view this mail. (I keep one window with mutt connected to my exchange
server all day. When I'm out of the office, I create a secure channel with ssh, and
use mutt with imap over ssh.) You can also setup mutt to check your pop3 server
directly, however when pulling from multiple pop3 accounts, or wanting to filter
email, fetchmail is much better.
StarOffice is a large program just to be checking mail with. However, I did this
myself before finding mutt. I also looked at other X programs such as cscmail (an
outlook express clone). However mutt worked best for me.
> tried installing evolution, but I have been unsuccessful. I need a client
> that can manage html formatted email, and allow me to download from a pop3
> account, and imap account.
Html format, pop3, imap? Yes, either natively, or with fetchmail(pop3/imap).
fetchmail is a program that pulls mail from email servers and forwards it to your
local spool. It doesn't have any windows or menus. It runs as a daemon in the
background.
The kicker is that I would like to be able to
> use this client to send from either account.
Send from any account, any email address, even [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;)
AFAIK StarOffice only lets
> you send from your default account. I know that the optimal solution is
> probably just to set up a local mail server, but since I have dynamic IP,
> and a shortage of time I'm looking for a simpler solution. Does anyone
> have any ideas?
Your linux box (on most distributions) comes with a local smtp server. Fetchmail will
forward external pop3 mail to your local system (regardless of dynamic ips). The
console will then tell you when you have new mail, or you can use graphical mail
monitors. (ie buttons that plug into kde/gnome that light up or flash when it detects
mail has hit your local spool)
In addition, using your local mail spool in this way, you can filter your incoming
mail with procmail and other programs. How? Check out Seth's talk on the 21st.
Cory
