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by **n..** » Tue, 07 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Linux (I have installed three distributions on my PC) is something I
love and about which I have learned a lot over the past year or so.
I have a problem though I don't seem to be able to find a solution for
no matter how hard I've been looking around.
I would like to install a simple e-mail client that allows me to
download and send e-mail messages utilizing external pop3/smtp servers.
I do not want to install a server in my own linux box, but just have a
simple program that sends my mail to the several smtp servers I have
accounts with, and that downloads pop3 messages from pop3 servers.
I mean, I can easily send smtp messages by telnetting into a smtp
server and typing a few lines. Why should I install something as
complicated as sendmail or similar programs to do such simple tasks?
There are several e-mail clients that can do that easily in Win95
(Outlook Express, Pegasus Mail, MailWarrior, etc.) Why isn't there an
equivalent of those in linux, and if there is, what is it and where can
I find it?
Thank you for your help,

nik

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by **Sam E. Trenhol** » Tue, 07 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Pine, XFmail, and (IIRC) the mailer that comes with the K Desktop
environment all have this capability.

Go to http://www.freshmeat.net to look for Linux applications.

Quote:>I would like to install a simple e-mail client that allows me to
>download and send e-mail messages utilizing external pop3/smtp servers.

Keep in mind that you have to choose the SMTP server you use wisely, since
you can no longer just use any SMTP server on the net to send mail to any
other SMTP server on the net (spammers, ugh)

- Sam

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by **kfvandersl..** » Tue, 07 Mar 2000 04:00:00

> Linux (I have installed three distributions on my PC) is something I
> love and about which I have learned a lot over the past year or so.
> I have a problem though I don't seem to be able to find a solution for
> no matter how hard I've been looking around.
> I would like to install a simple e-mail client that allows me to
> download and send e-mail messages utilizing external pop3/smtp servers.
> I do not want to install a server in my own linux box, but just have a
> simple program that sends my mail to the several smtp servers I have
> accounts with, and that downloads pop3 messages from pop3 servers.
> I mean, I can easily send smtp messages by telnetting into a smtp
> server and typing a few lines. Why should I install something as
> complicated as sendmail or similar programs to do such simple tasks?
> There are several e-mail clients that can do that easily in Win95
> (Outlook Express, Pegasus Mail, MailWarrior, etc.) Why isn't there an

Just to add to the list. I have used the KDE mailer ( kmail ) and that works fine.
I use GNOME so ideally I would rather use a GNOME app. I have just switched over
to one called spruce. It works good also. Both are similar to Outlook Express. For GNOME
there is also one called Balsa but I tried that and did not like it.

by **Alan Burn** » Wed, 08 Mar 2000 04:00:00

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What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?

What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?

What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?

What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?

What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?