[TriLUG] replacement for netscrape mail

[Chris Bullock]

Janyne Kizer wrote:

>Spellcheck can be added.  This article discusses it: 
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,599171,00.asp
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FYI, I may not know what I am doing but, attempted to install with no 
luck getting it to work.  I get a pretty little icon but it does nothing 
I have checked the box to check before sending still no luck.  I have 
followed the install instructions, setting it up in the composition tab.

Thanks

--Chris

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>Ben Simpson wrote:
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>>I am using Mozilla and it doesn't seem to have speeell check. :)
>>But it does connect to LDAP directories well and has SSL.
>>Kmail is good. Doesn't do LDAP.
>>Had to much trouble with Evolution.
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>>Ben
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>>lfwelty wrote:
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>>>mozilla is nice, but it doesn't do 'emacs' keybindings well...:_(
>>>The old timer swear by mutt, but I can't be torn away from my gui...
>>>- And it's too hard to learn, wah.
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>>>So, until my time has come, I'm stuck on netscape 4.79
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>>>Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
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>>>>'the time has come,' the walrus said..
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>>>>i've been using netscrape for my main browser on both linux and
>>>>windows, and as my mua on windows, for years now.  i've got 4.79.
>>>>i tried 6.0 when it came out, but it sucked so badly i fled the
>>>>experience.
>>>>
>>>>however, netscrape just doesn't cut it any more, so i need to
>>>>upgrade to some more current integrated browser/mua solution,
>>>>specifically on windows.
>>>>
>>>>mozilla seems cool as a browser, but does it do mail?  how about
>>>>other alternatives?
>>>>
>>>>one big aspect is that i have several *gb* of mail archived in
>>>>netscrape mbox+ format (mbox plus their .snm index file).  so
>>>>whatever mua i move to needs to at least be able to handle the
>>>>mbox files, and preferably the index files as well.
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>>>>and lastly, the mua needs to be able to leave pop messages on the
>>>>server, and keep track of its own pop state and not rely on any
>>>>notion the server may have about which ones are new and which
>>>>have already been downloaded.
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>>>>so.. anyone have any suggestions?  will mozilla do it?  or opera?
>>>>
>>>>tia!
>>>>--
>>>>#ken    P-)}
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>>>>Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Golux.Com/coar/
>>>>Author, developer, opinionist      http://Apache-Server.Com/
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>>>>"Millennium hand and shrimp!"
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