Personally, I have been using exmh for years. exmh handles
attachments, html (and the horrible MS Outfall alternative text/html). It is
very customizable. It supports multiple signatures, aliases, address book
and other features. It is based on the Berkeley Mail Handler (eg. mh or
nmh). Because of this, you can use the text mode mh commands as
well as the tcl/tk based exmh or xmh for that matter. I use fetchmail to
get email from my mail server, and procmail to filter, but you can also
use maildrop as a filter. Folders are fully hierachial, and are simply Linux
directories. Individual email messages are simply single files, which
makes it easier to search and use editors like vi and emacs. The main
features I use with exmh are the ability to insert a from line (so I can use
my blu.org address), multiple signatures, disabling of word wrapping (for
majordomo commands), and other hacks. If I want to reply to a gnhlug
message, I just hit my reply/gnhlug item, and I have a quoted message
with the appropriate signature and header.
Alternatively, there is a whole plethora of email clients. Some are
bundled with KDE and GNOME, others can be downloaded from the
many archive sites.
On 11 Jul 2000, at 9:40, Kenny Donahue wrote:
> Hi all,
> What do people use for e-mail and
> web browsing on their Linux boxes?
> Right now I'm running Netscape 4.73
> for my browser and e-mail. I really
> don't like them at all. They are way too
> unstable. I don't want to go back
> to the Pine/Elm/Emacs days since I've
> become spoiled with spell check, easy attachments
> etc....
>
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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