Re: [LINKS] PCQuest... and Linux

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Frederick Noronha forced the electrons to say:
> * CSCMail is a full featured e-mail client written entirely in Perl.
>    Its author says: I was tired of the lack of a good e-mail client for
>    Linux.  There are a wide variety of e-mail clients available, but
>    none support all of the features that a person like myself requires."

Evidently the author hasn't come across Mutt.

> * This software supports multiple POP-3 e-mail boxes, encryption,
>    configurable filters, auto-set reply addresses based on account
>    used to DL message, multipart-MIME attachments, HTML
>    messages, drag-n-drop message sorting, multiple message
>    selection, multiple folders,  multi-threaded operation (allow
>    the transfer of messages while still browsing the current message
>    store).
> * Though far from complete, it claims to stand "head and shoulders
>    above any other e-mail application for Linux" 
>    Details:  countzero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Well, I understand every software author has a sort of mother duck
feeling towards his work, but this is stretching it a bit too far. Every
feature mentioned above is supported Mutt (and for that matter,
Pine). Except for filtering, which isn't a Linux MUA's job when procmail
is available in all distributions.

And so far as point and click interfaces are concerned, there is
Eterm+Mutt.

And these features of Mutt are not listed there:
1. Hooks associated with address/folder...
2. Mailing list support (partial)
3. Multiple signature files - even from pipes!
4. IMAP support
5. IMAP over SSL
6. Email threading (a must if you are reading mailing lists).

All this in a mere 400 kB.

Binand

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