On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 17:15 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Lee Begg wrote: > > >On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:04, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > > >>Can anyone recommend a replacement mail client for the Mozilla one that > >>I've been happily using up until now. Mozilla mail filters are now > >>arbritrarily putting mails in the wrong folders, which is frustrating! > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>Any other suggestions? I just want basic mail filters to deliver > >>incoming mail into separate folders, an address book, and that's about it! > >> > >> > > > >I suggest looking at KMail (and KAddressBook). > > > >It has been very solid for me, and in Kontact, with todo list and calendar, > >it's great. > > > >Another option (which I also use) is to set up a local email server, use > >fetchmail to get your email, and use procmail to sort it into Maildir > >folders > >and then get the folders by IMAP. A bit more complex, but it works, and > >works well.
IMHO using procmail to do the sorting is by far the best solution, then you can try any damned client you like, and not have to worry about setting up its own peculiar brand of email sorting. > > > > > > > >>Cheers, > >> > >>Steve > >> > >> > > > >Later > >Lee Begg > > > > > Hi Lee, > > Not a KDE fan - I tried one of the very early versions which was so > apalling I've never gone back to it! My loss, I think. > > I already run my own mailserver, and use procmail for local delivery to > courier. I'd never thought of using that part to tidy it all up. Much > better solution! Maybe I'll be able to keep with Mozilla then. > > Cheers, > > Steve -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
