[techtalk] Opinion needed on Mail Clients

[David Merrill]

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:23:43PM -0700, Michelle Dukich wrote:
> Hi to all the HIPpy HIPpy Chix:
> 
> I am on the quest for a mail client that is not going
> to make me work so hard to make it work.  I am
> currently looking at, but not even close to making a
> decision.  In my search, I have 3 that I am curious
> about.
> 
> Balsa
> 
> Eucalyptus
> 
> Pygmy
> 
> I would prefer a GNOME solution.  It will need to get
> mail from several POP accounts with a good system for
> folders and searching.  

You should look at Evolution if you want a Gnome solution. It's pretty
slick.

I use mutt myself, and procmail for mail sorting, and fetchmail to
retrieve my mail. The old fashioned sendmail + procmail + fetchmail +
$MUA does take some work to learn, initially, but man is it powerful
once you grok it.

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