Re: [Evolution] What I want in a mail client ....

[JP Rosevear <jpr helixcode com>]

On 13 Dec 2000 11:02:22 -0800, Peter Pavlovich wrote:
> Well that is a good question. Here is what I'm really looking for ...
>
> - I need to retrieve mail from at least 2 accounts. Both support a
> pop3 interface.

Done.

> - I'd like to be able to create "pretty" email (HTML type) but that
> is not really necessary

Done.

> - I need GOOD filtering functionality (be able to select and move
> mail automatically to different folders and then mark it as read in
> some cases

Done.


> - It would be nice if the system could remember people's email
> addresses.

Done.  Needs a bit tighter integration though.


> - It would be REALLY nice if the program could import from Netscape 6
> for Linux (and possibly Eudora for windows) by just pointing the
> importer at the top-level directory containing the the mail to be
> imported

We are working on importers.


> P.S. Has anyone built this for Redhat 7.0 yet and if so, is there a
> way I can get it so I don't have to "build" it myself? I am a bit of
> a unix newbie and have a lot of trouble building stuff sometimes. I'm
> more of a Smalltalk/Java guy on NT but am slowly making the
> transition to the (obviously) superior Linux OS.

My dev platform in RH7.0.  The helix updater can provide you with
packages or you can get them directly from spidermonkey.helixcode.com.
The current release is 0.6 although we are about to do another one.

-JP

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JP Rosevear                             jpr helixcode com
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