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Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ...
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Ken Hornstein |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ... |
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Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:23:12 -0500 |
>> > 1) Local delivery from the MTA
>> > 2) Fetch mail from the local maildrop
>> > 3) Fetch mail from POP, IMAP and all the other methods supported by
>> > fetchmail
>> > 4) Accept mail from a third party program (i.e. be an mda for
>> > fetchmail)
>>
>> I think this is all great; we just need someone to write the code :-/
>
>At the other extreme, what's wrong with inc(1) handling nothing but 2
>above? The other things are others' problems that they can concentrate
>on and do well.
So I don't quite know where the line should be drawn. But here's my
feelings on the topic.
- nmh should offer basic funtionality out of the box; adding other packages
can add functionality, but you should be able to do the basic job of sending
and receiving email without them.
- The first two ways of receiving email are fast becoming extremely rare.
- Saying, "Hey, we're an MUA that you should try out, except that we can't
actually RECEIVE email, you have to use this third-party program",
seems kinda wrong to me.
- We don't have to do everything that fetchmail does; I'm happy with a
basic subset that most other MUAs support.
Obviously this a issue on which reasonable people can disagree.
--Ken
- [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Jeffrey Honig, 2013/01/04
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Ralph Corderoy, 2013/01/06
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Bill Wohler, 2013/01/08
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., chad, 2013/01/08
- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Ken Hornstein, 2013/01/08
- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Bill Wohler, 2013/01/20
- Re: [Nmh-workers] inc, slocal, procmail, ..., Valdis . Kletnieks, 2013/01/10