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Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:58:34 GMT
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* David Aldred wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

[...]

> FWIW I've been using Linux for a few years now, and I still miss
> Turnpike. 
> 
> Perhaps it would be good for all TP fans to list just what they
> particularly like, and then anyone with suggestions for replacements
> could let us know.

FINALLY! Someone that understands the concept of colaboration, thank you.

>  For all I know there's a client out there
> somewhere which I haven't found and which does it all!

Or a seemless combination of clients, as mentioned earlier, the Linux 
philosophy is right tool for the job and as little or no bloat and the 
ability to chain applications together that each have the best tools for 
their part of the job.

> 
> For me, the main things I miss (and bear in mind I haven't used it for
> a while so may be forgetting something) are:
> 
> - Ability to treat mailing lists as newsgroups

if the mail list uses a non propiatary format for the message like mbox, 
any newsreader should be able to handle this. Both slrn and mutt can do 
this, one is a news reader, the other mail client.

> - Simple, *really* simple, killfiling, together with quite
> sophisticated scoring as well if you want it.  This also applies to
> mailing lists treated as pseudo-newsgroups, of course

slrn, pan, tin for news. I dont think mutt has scoring but I dont use it 
enough to be positive.

> - Extreme configurability - almost anything can be turned on or off,
> or set to prompt you before doing things;

Most linux programs allow for that. slrn, tin, mutt, etc.

> - Automatic (configurably, as above) moving of mail to a 'filed'
> folder when a reply has been sent.  

I know slrn does this but I dont mix mail and news ever so I dont have it 
configured to do so but it saves replies and followups to separate files. 
A simple cron job can put them anywhere you like. They are in MBOX 
format.

[...]

I am sure, if you are willing to change, that there is some combination 
of applications that can certainly meet or beat the feature set of TP 
with very few exceptions.

Since TP does Mail andNnews it would not be totally inappropriate to post 
questions about TP in news.software.readers so long as you put a 'news' 
spin on the question.

-- 
David
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