On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:59:30 -0500 Chuck Robey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Finally, I got enough of my other problems fixed so I could go back to > making my mail the best it could be. I took a look at your > suggestions, and decided to try claws-mail first, but trying to > figure out what to build, from the pkg-descr's, well, it's confusing, > to say the least. You see, the mail/claws-mail/pkg-descr tells me > all about (what seems to be a) totally different port, a > mail/sylpheed[2]. In fact, when I take a look at the pkg-descrs for > either the claws-mail or sylpheed ports, they both seem to be > describing the sylpheed port, although they aren't copies, they are > very much alike. > > Could you clear this up? Whats the relationship here, does anyone > know it? I'm just trying to figure out what to build, so I can try > another mailer for myself. This may not be exactly right, but essentially the history is as follows: Sylpheed was the original GTK1 mail client. At some point, there was either a fork or a development version called Sylpheed-Claws. The original Sylpheed became a GTK2 mail client called Sylpheed2. Sylpheed-Claws then changed its name to Claws-mail to avoid confusion, with apparently debatable results. :-) So, today there is Sylpheed2 and Claws-Mail. I use Claws-Mail and Mutt. All the various claws-mail-* ports are extra plugins. It also appears the pkg-descr for Claws-Mail needs to be updated to reference the name change as well as the correct website, www.claws-mail.org. I have prepared a patch for the maintainer and will submit it via GNATS. HTH. -- Chess Griffin GPG Public Key: 0x0C7558C3 http://www.chessgriffin.com
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