Don Gould wrote:
>
>
> Jim Cheetham wrote:
>> I use GNU Anubis as an SMTP proxy to do just this sort of thing.
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/anubis/
>
> Thank you.  That is the package someone said before.  I remember now.
>
> Is it hard to set up?  Any Gotyas?
How about NOT changing any server settings, but instead setting up a new
email account in your email client with your correct CLUG subscribe
address. You would then filter CLUG emails into a folder in this account
-- I do this using Evolution.

Your work-flow changes from

1. Thinks: I want to send a message to CLUG
2. Create a new message
3. In the new message, change the sender address to CLUG subscribe address
4. Type the CLUG mailing list address

to

1. Thinks: I want to send a message to CLUG
2. Change to the CLUG folder/account -- I am usually there anyway, when
I am thinking about CLUG matters
3. Create a new message -- the sender address is correct
4. Type the CLUG mailing list address

You can still get it wrong if you do not follow the work-flow. But the
whole thing it visible, is easily done by any user, and does not involve
editing invisible mail configuration files.

Thunderbird does not quite support this. At any rate, I have not found
out how to set up multiple 'Local folders' accounts. I'm sure a bit of
poking around in the Advanced Configuration will show how Thunderbird
configures its local folders account -- it might be as simple as
changing the mail.server.server<x>.type to 'none' rather than 'pop' or
'imap'.

Other mail clients do allow you to configure multiple local mail folders
in their own usual way.

Stephen Irons


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