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  From: Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@steadycom.com.au>
  To  : Mike Earnshaw <mearnshaw@bigpond.com>
  Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:08:15 +0000

Re: REQ: Suggestions for Email on Linux

Have a look at netscape for what is probably the simplest solution.
The most functional is to look at fetchmail, and then your mail client
of choice. (pine is nice.)
fetchmail+procmail+pine = able to do pretty much anything.
fetchmail+procmail+emacs = able to do the rest, with a lisp.

Toby

> Mike Earnshaw wrote:
> 
> G'Day List.
> 
> I dont suppose I can call myself a newbie still, I have been
> blundering around in Linux for over 3 weeks now, but I still think I
> know less than 1% ;-). But everything I have been doing is via <root>,
> which I understand is dangerous, but I have been having difficulty
> doing things under my user account.
> 
> I now wish to be able to use email on my Linux box (Toshiba 440)
> rather than my 'bloatware' desktop. I have tried to use elm and the
> others that come with RedHat but must confess failure. Either this is
> from ignornace or stupidity. I have started reading the doco for
> sendmail but I am afraid I am sinking fast.
> 
> I require an email client to be able to access three email accounts on
> two different ISP's. Can anyone offer some suggestions on where I
> should direct my efforts?, currently I seem to be overwhelmed with
> documentation to read, and whilst I am sure all of it is very
> important, reading the relevant things now would be more beneficial.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Mike

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