Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Vince Vielhaber wrote: It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal stuff. No.. I meant that XFMail worked properly, but Pine didn't. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Vince Vielhaber wrote: It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal stuff. No.. I meant that XFMail worked properly, but Pine didn't. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum pgpwFxWeuqSa6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
I would start by using a java gui tool to design the look and feel of the xmailer and allow the application to load java classes or lets call them plug-ins. There is lots of stuff available for java including good design patterns and methodologies. Once the overall design is completed then translate it to X and C++. There is at least one decent C++ tookit which is free that I know of : ftp://ftp.x.org:/contrib/libraries/Cvo.1.0.1a.README Have Fun Guys -- Amancio Hasty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Lutz Albers wrote: --On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal stuff. Vince. -- == Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] flame-mail: /dev/null # include std/disclaimers.h TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directoryhttp://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstorehttp://www.cloudninegifts.com == To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: :Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) :all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward everything to one account and procmail it all. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward everything to one account and procmail it all. Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it could do what xfmail can) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it :could do what xfmail can) In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to add. I don't have an 'Incoming Folders' if I press A in 'Folder List' I get a request for a folder name not a server name.. I'm about to try Pine 4.10 (I have 4.05) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it :could do what xfmail can) In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to add. I don't have an 'Incoming Folders' if I press A in 'Folder List' I get a request for a folder name not a server name.. I'm about to try Pine 4.10 (I have 4.05) You'll need to enable incoming folders in the setup from the main menu. Vince. -- == Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] flame-mail: /dev/null # include std/disclaimers.h TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directoryhttp://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstorehttp://www.cloudninegifts.com == To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
RE: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 09-Sep-99 Andrew Reilly wrote: XFMail isn't acceptable, because I've got 130M of mbox mail boxes in a deep directory hierarchy, and I'd like to keep them that way. The last time I looked at XFMail it insisted on an un-nested mh-directory style of mailbox. Is it still the case? It supports both mbox and mh mailboxes now. --- John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
--On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor docon...@gsoft.com.au wrote: On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( -- Lutz Albers, l...@muc.de, pgp key available from http://www.pgp.net Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
I would start by using a java gui tool to design the look and feel of the xmailer and allow the application to load java classes or lets call them plug-ins. There is lots of stuff available for java including good design patterns and methodologies. Once the overall design is completed then translate it to X and C++. There is at least one decent C++ tookit which is free that I know of : ftp://ftp.x.org:/contrib/libraries/Cvo.1.0.1a.README Have Fun Guys -- Amancio Hasty ha...@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Lutz Albers wrote: --On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor docon...@gsoft.com.au wrote: On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( xfmail? Doesn't do that here and I use it daily for all of my internal stuff. Vince. -- == Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: v...@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include std/disclaimers.h TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directoryhttp://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstorehttp://www.cloudninegifts.com == To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: :Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) :all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward everything to one account and procmail it all. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :fetch mail from INBOX). Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward everything to one account and procmail it all. Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it could do what xfmail can) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: : :On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: : :fetch mail from INBOX). : Pine does IMAP just fine. I used to use it to read mail on box a, with : incoming accessd via box b, and storage on box c. Now I just forward : everything to one account and procmail it all. : :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it :could do what xfmail can) In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to add. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it :could do what xfmail can) In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to add. I don't have an 'Incoming Folders' if I press A in 'Folder List' I get a request for a folder name not a server name.. I'm about to try Pine 4.10 (I have 4.05) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: On 10-Sep-99 Jamie Bowden wrote: :Umm.. welll I'd like to know to enable sub folder support in it then.. :Haveing multiple accounts on different machines would be nice too (then it :could do what xfmail can) In 'Incoming Folders' type 'a' and it will ask you for the server name to add. I don't have an 'Incoming Folders' if I press A in 'Folder List' I get a request for a folder name not a server name.. I'm about to try Pine 4.10 (I have 4.05) You'll need to enable incoming folders in the setup from the main menu. Vince. -- == Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: v...@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include std/disclaimers.h TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directoryhttp://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstorehttp://www.cloudninegifts.com == To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
RE: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 09-Sep-99 Andrew Reilly wrote: XFMail isn't acceptable, because I've got 130M of mbox mail boxes in a deep directory hierarchy, and I'd like to keep them that way. The last time I looked at XFMail it insisted on an un-nested mh-directory style of mailbox. Is it still the case? It supports both mbox and mh mailboxes now. --- John Baldwin jobal...@vt.edu -- http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc Power Users Use the Power to Serve! - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Woe is me. Oh well.. back to xfmail :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less "Just worked". On a win98 box, even. shudder. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 David Scheidt wrote: fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less "Just worked". On a win98 box, even. shudder. Yeah, I forgot to mention Netscape.. OK no mailer with a memory footprint smaller than 20 meg BESIDES xfmail does IMAP :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
Nate Williams writes: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. I'm using VM 6.71/Xemacs under FreeBSD and NT and it supports POP3 but not IMAP (http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~smikes/emacs/vm-faq.html) I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its "folder summaries" :( Unfortunalty, VM is a memory hog when your mail files starts to grow. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess this should go in the freebsd-questions list?) Florent. -- Florent Parent [EMAIL PROTECTED] Viagénie inc. http://www.viagenie.qc.ca Internet Engineering Standards/Normes d'ingénierie Internet http://www.normos.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its "folder summaries" :( I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess I have Cyrus IMAP on my server box and my workstation dual boots freebsd/win95 so I use xfmail under freebsd and netscape under windows and it works fine :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its "folder summaries" :( I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess I have Cyrus IMAP on my server box and my workstation dual boots freebsd/win95 so I use xfmail under freebsd and netscape under windows and it works fine :) This was what I was going to suggest. If you are lucky, you might be able to find an NT imap server that will get along with sharing the folders with a FreeBSD one, so you can keep everything local. I haven't looked, because I don't do windows, except underdress, and never on hardware I own. I don't even have a license of MS-DOS. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
--On Freitag, 10. September 1999, 10:56 +0930 Daniel O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). It claims to do IMAP4, but it just fetches all messages from the server (and by default deleting it from the server). There are very few good IMAP4 clients out there :-( -- Lutz Albers, [EMAIL PROTECTED], pgp key available from http://www.pgp.net Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. Woe is me. Oh well.. back to xfmail :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum pgp00bSOBoKds.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 09-Sep-99 Nate Williams wrote: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum pgpWfkP1cjYSY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: Does it do IMAP? I have only seen *1* emailer which does IMAP properly (xfmail) all the others either don't support it at all, or treat IMAP like POP (ie just fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less Just worked. On a win98 box, even. shudder. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 David Scheidt wrote: fetch mail from INBOX). Netscape does, actually. I set up a friend's computer to do this, over an ssh-forwarded local port, even. It all more less Just worked. On a win98 box, even. shudder. Yeah, I forgot to mention Netscape.. OK no mailer with a memory footprint smaller than 20 meg BESIDES xfmail does IMAP :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum pgp5pKRngUAJx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
Nate Williams writes: VM doesn't do HTML/MIME very well, although I understand in later versions of XEmacs they've incorporated some packages that handle things better. (I'm still using XEmacs 19.16, from the dark ages...) Does it do IMAP? It doesn't even do POP, I use fetchmail/procmailrc to get my email, which works *MUCH* better than anything else I've found. I'm using VM 6.71/Xemacs under FreeBSD and NT and it supports POP3 but not IMAP (http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~smikes/emacs/vm-faq.html) I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its folder summaries :( Unfortunalty, VM is a memory hog when your mail files starts to grow. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess this should go in the freebsd-questions list?) Florent. -- Florent Parent florent.par...@viagenie.qc.ca Viagénie inc. http://www.viagenie.qc.ca Internet Engineering Standards/Normes d'ingénierie Internet http://www.normos.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its folder summaries :( I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess I have Cyrus IMAP on my server box and my workstation dual boots freebsd/win95 so I use xfmail under freebsd and netscape under windows and it works fine :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum pgpXZJNIQWYEw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X mailers (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux ABI/SDK standards for Ope
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On 10-Sep-99 Florent Parent wrote: I've been trying different MUAs that would allow me to read my mail under FreeBSD and NT (dual boot laptop) while sharing the same mail folders (shared DOS partition). So far, only VM/Xemacs allowed me to do that. Even Netscape FreeBSD/NT use different mechanisms to build its folder summaries :( I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a similar config. (i guess I have Cyrus IMAP on my server box and my workstation dual boots freebsd/win95 so I use xfmail under freebsd and netscape under windows and it works fine :) This was what I was going to suggest. If you are lucky, you might be able to find an NT imap server that will get along with sharing the folders with a FreeBSD one, so you can keep everything local. I haven't looked, because I don't do windows, except underdress, and never on hardware I own. I don't even have a license of MS-DOS. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
