[68139] in Cypherpunks
Re: mail software for multiple addrs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igor Chudov @ home)
Wed Oct 16 08:35:38 1996
To: vznuri@netcom.com (Vladimir Z. Nuri)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 07:14:48 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, vznuri@netcom.com
Reply-To: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov)
In-Reply-To: <199610160147.SAA09538@netcom2.netcom.com> from "Vladimir Z. Nuri" at Oct 15, 96 06:46:59 pm
From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
>
> hi everyone. I'm asking this here because I know that cpunks
> spend a lot of time in email. I'm looking for some GUI
> software that can deal well with
>
> 1. multiple internet providers - i.e., if I have multiple
> providers, I would like the software to be able to easily
> deal with them all, without having to retype IP addresses
> etc. into dialog boxes
it is trivial in Unix, write a TCL/TK script that would give you a
nice dialog with a pretty button for each connection, and call a
different shell script for each button. That's what I use.
> 2. multiple email accounts - i.e. the mail software is not
> going to use merely one POP account, but should be able
> to have different email addrs and passwords over POP
popclient or .forward are your friends.
> 3. multiple mailing lists - I'd like a way to sort incoming
> mail into separate folders/directories based on header
> fields, and a way to automate this. (i.e. not have to
> go through the same procedure each time of typing the
> fields etc.)
procmail is your friend
> I am aware of Netscape's mail features, which don't really
> handle much of the above. also, I suspect many people
> require some combination of the above, so there is probably
> software out there to do it.. at least there is a demand.
>
> also, I'm aware of procmail but would prefer something
> that supports a GUI interface.
- Igor.
