Subject: I need a nice public domain mail tool for PC

From: [email-masked] (Mahesh Kumar Bagade)
Date: 12 Jul 1995 14:25:02 GMT

Hello All,

I am looking for a nice public domain mail tool for my PC. The current tool 
"Eudora" is OK but it has it's own limitations.

I want to be able to do the following things with it on a my PC:
 
 * Should be able to send mail out without any problems.
 
 * Should have aliasing capability including alias for aliases.
 
 * Should be able to insert files in the message area from any of my 
   directories on my PC and be able to edit it while I am composing messages.

 * Should have the ability to beep me when the mail arrives.

 * Should have folders capability.
 
 * Should have multiple signatures appending capability
 
 * Any other fancy features are welcome.
 
Any help in this regards is much appreciated. Also, a direct mail will be
greatly appreciated.

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Mahesh Bagade
[email-masked]

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From: Sven Guckes <[email-masked]>
Date: 13 Jul 1995 09:13:10 GMT

First off:   Let "mailer" mean "mail user agent".

[email-masked] (Mahesh Kumar Bagade) writes:
>I am looking for a nice public domain mail tool for my PC.

If it's a mailer then it should not have any problems with mails, right?

> * Should have aliasing capability including alias for aliases.

"alias" and "group alias".
Most mailers do that now.

>   directories on my PC and be able to edit it while I am composing messages.

That's an "editor" issue.
Granted, a mailer might have an "internal editor", but why reinvent the wheel?

> * Should have the ability to beep me when the mail arrives.

This depends on how mail arrives on your PC.
It should thus be bound to the program which receives the mail (MTA).
The mailer should not be used for that.  Otherwise you'd have to keep the
mailer running all the time - not good as the mailer probably does a lot more
than just check the mailbox and thus requires a lot more RAM than a simply
utility.

> * Should have folders capability.

You mean "save a mail to a file"?
Have you ever seen a mailer who doesn't have this?

> * Should have multiple signatures appending capability

Now, this isn't something a mailer is for.  Use a script to do that!
Better yet - don't use a signature at all.

I think this is a general request about a mailer so I have set
"Followup-To: comp.mail.misc".
I'm sure both ELM and PINE will have all the capabilities you want.
Just install a UNIXish system (eg LINUX) on your PC and you can install both
and select the better one.
I also left out "zmail" from the newsgroups list as I dunno whether it applies.

Sven