Wednesday, January 05, 2000, 1:48:56 PM, Alexander wrote:
> Seems that the two things that you call "multiple accounts" and "multiple
> instances" differ only when the folder structure is concerned.
No, there is a lot more to it than that.
> At least, in the case of Pegasus. In PMail, two identities may happily have
> absolutely different settings (*all* settings), *but* they always share the
> same Inbox, same Outbox, same Trash and same Sent folders.
This is "personalities" (Eudora/Lookout! term). It is not a separate
account since the mail does not come in separately. It is all mixed in and
jumbled together, requiring the user to build filters just to keep it
separate. This is a very undesirable position to be in.
Different "instances" means that I could get different structures but I'd
have to, again, mangle it in one form or another just to get a sane
configuration.
> Now, if this is correct, I *really* prefer how Pegasus works then! TB forces
> me to have separate Sent folder for each account -- I needn't this at all!
I have two accounts. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. One is work and one is home. I don't feel like
having to build filters to keep my work mail separate from my home mail on
incoming, outgoing, drafts, sent and trash folders. I'd much rather not have
to explain to my boss why I have love letters in my "work" account or why
internal confidential memos are in my "personal" account. I'd like to think
that is how most people would work by default, which is why I called the
"personalities" system flawed.
If I ever get to be a Debian maintainer, I don't want any of that mail
mingled with my work or home mail.
If I ever really seriously start working with my domain I don't want any
of that mail mingled with anything else.
> OTOH, *if* I need to "emulate" the same thing in Pegasus, I can do so in a
> pretty simple manner: via filters:-)
I don't consider it simple compared to creating a new account and having
it done as a matter of the program's policy.
Incidentally that solution is what is presented to me time and time again
on comp.os.linux.misc when I point out that there are no good email clients
for Linux. I am constantly pointed to the following solution.
1: Use fetchmail to retrieve mail from all the different pop servers.
2: Have fetchmail dump it all into one account on my local machine.
3: Then use filter (procmail or exim's filters) to split the mail back out
into separate folders.
4: Use mutt to read the different folders with each folder being programmed
with a different address and fcc folder for different "sentmail" folders.
Nevermind it all goes back out my local SMTP server which is not desirable.
They consider that "simple." And notice how Pegasus, Eudora, Lookout! and
virtually every other client out there except for TB! and PMMail do the same
thing. They retrieve mail from the difference sources, merge it all into a
single stream and then force the user to filter it out from there.
BTW, you are aware that you can have TB! function just like Pegasus in
that regard if you chose? Forward all your mail to a single account, use TB!
filters to filter it out from there, have different templates and filters to
change "personalities" for you and keep it separate.
Difference is, at least you have that choice. :)
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