You ve Got Spam

You've Got Spam

E-mail. Can you live without it? I could. I did. But do you really want to give it up? Didn't think so. E-mail is becoming as standard a communication method as the phone system. Here are a few tools to help you deal with your e-mail.

Fetchmail

Your Linux system probably has a fully capable e-mail system configured and ready to do business. Most of the time, however, it doesn't do anything because you probably use an e-mail client that is configured to talk directly with your ISP to pick up and deliver your e-mail. In cases where you want your local Linux system to deal with the e-mail, use Fetchmail to transfer the e-mail from your ISP to your local system. The e-mail console chapter ( Chapter 7 ) uses this tool.

Mailx

Mailx is a quick-and-dirty e-mail program. Need to get an e-mail out quickly and know where you're sending it? Fire up mailx and go. Use it to get your local e-mail as well.

Elm

Need more power in your e-mail client? Check out elm. This e-mail client is text based, so it's fast and efficient to use.

Mutt

Mutt is the king of e-mailers. It runs on almost every flavor of Unix, it's light weight, it offers good integration with PGP and GPG, and it has almost all the same keystrokes as elm. Plus, it generally understands MIME attachments (those gobbledygook-filled messages that MS Outlook users insist on sending out) very, very well.

Tin

People will try to tell you that there are other Linux newsreaders. Don't listen to them. Only tin is worthwhile. It automatically assembles portions of binaries (though not to the degree that Forte's Agent does), it handles kill files, it even keeps track of everything you've ever posted (which could be good or bad, depending on what you post). It can integrate with your spellchecker, and it can also send e-mail to a post's author. It's quite stable and rather featureful.

 



Multitool Linux. Practical Uses for Open Source Software
Multitool Linux: Practical Uses for Open Source Software
ISBN: 0201734206
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 257

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