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

[Heinz-Josef Claes <hjclaes web de>]

> My list.  It can be summed up as "I want it to be able to replace
> Gnus."
>
> * Retrieve from multiple POP accounts, inbox files, or mix.
I have the same problems, but more difficult. I get my mail from 4 pop3
accounts in different companies, so I can never reach all of them. For this reason I use fetchmail which is 
much more robust.

What I think would be *really* nice also: I also have for different email
addresses and, depending on the email address a different smtp host. So,
what do you think about linking the mail identities to an individual smtp server?

> * Filtering based on header or full-body.
>
> * Filtering to groups based on type of match.  In other words, I want
>   to create a single rule that anything matching HDC *\([0-9]+\) gets
>   placed in work.calls.\1 (for instance).
>
> * Hierarchical folder viewing.
I would also suggest recursive vfolders. So a vfolder can refer not only to a mail folder, but also to a 
vfolder.

> * Fast access to messages in 32MB folders.  Ideally, fast access to
>   messages in folders up to 100MB or larger (so I don't have to keep
>   archiving folders).  Folders should be able to have at least 10,000
>   messages in them without degrading.  (Given the number of people who
>   complain about the speed of Gnus with 10,000 message folders, I'm
>   sure I'm not the only one who deals with lots of mail.)
>
> * Flexible personalities (signature and header values, at a minimum)
>   on a per-folder basis.
>
> * Ability to override various brokenness (Reply-to headers set to
>   lists, for example) on a per-folder basis.
>
> * Per-folder information for mailing lists: posting address, admin
>   address, etc.
>
> * Ability to set display to new messages only, on a per-folder basis
>
> * Good disconnected use.  The only way I should notice that I'm
>   disconnected (if I'm using local message store) is that I'm not
>   getting new mail.
>
> * News access, preferably treating newsgroups and mailing list folders
>   the same.
>
> * Dynamic signatures 8^)
>
> * gzipped folder/message support
>
> * Scoring
>
> * Per-folder message expiry (so I don't have to specify when to
>   hard-delete messages)
>
> It would also be nice if it could search dejanews, read webmail and
> webboards as normal groups, etc. but those are a pain to do.  The
> above is a list of the features I use on a daily basis.  I haven't yet
> tried Evolution (getting at least 500 msg/day makes me wary of 
>
> -- 
> Alan Shutko <ats acm org> - In a variety of flavors!
> Silence is more eloquent at times than words.
>
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