Jerry Feldman wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 21:40:07 +0200 > "Theo v. Werkhoven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Scripting languages like Python, Perl, Ruby etc have libraries for >> both sending and receiving email, and parsing RFC2822 + MIME data. >> Those languages are mature on all relevant platforms, and all have >> good development tools. >> Why would you you a proprietary system when you can use a open (and >> free) system? >> > I have been using claws-mail (www.claws-mail.org) for a number of > years. It includes a perl plugin for advanced searches. While Eudora is > an excellent product, IMHO, you are probably better off using a product > that is natively built on Linux. Claws supports both Windows and Linux, > is actively maintained. You can build from source or install from RPMs. > The two features that I like are that it fully supports MH folders (as > well as MBOX), and it can access the jpilot address book directly. My > wife has Eudora, and I find that claws has much of the same > functionality. But, one capability that claws does not have is the > ability to send html (IMHO a good thing). >
Thanks for the alert. I'm going to have to check this one out on my spare time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
