While many things in linux are well-documented, I'm having trouble
finding an overview on certain areas. I can find nuts and bolts
technical data on many, perhaps most, things, but I can't see the forest
for the trees!
This does not just apply to just one topic, but the one I'm wondering
about right now is mail utilities and programs for linux. There pine,
elf, mutt, fetchmail, sendmail, procmail, etc.
I'd like an overview of all these things and a comparison of the various
utilities and e-mail programs so I can choose one for my office.
For instance, I'm familiar with pine, but wonder if mutt might be better
for our needs. (I'm not sure if I want to go with pop or imap --
probably both actually.) I can delve into info on procmail and
fetchmail, but I'd have to study quite a lot of stuff about each of
these and try them all before I could determine which one(s) I want to
use.
Another question is is the format for e-mail in linux consistent? That
is if I'm using say pine and switch to mutt am can I transfer my mail
dirs from pine to mutt (or just point mutt to the dir) and have the file
format be compatible? And are these formats compatible with netscape --
which I'm currently using for my own mail in imap mode (until I can get
ftape or some type of backup working in linux).
Anyway, I've looked through howto's etc. for such an overview of MAIL
programs and utilities in linux and have come up empty. Anyone know of
one, or a good book, which provides such an overview?
thanks much,
Jamie Faunt
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