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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:08:16 +0000
From: Bernard Peek 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
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In message <20070301122201.1fc8aef3@oscar-sled.homeunix.net>, Malcolm 
 writes
>On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:58:29 +0000
>David Aldred  wrote:
>
>> - Ability to treat mailing lists as newsgroups
>> - 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
>> - Extreme configurability - almost anything can be turned on or off,
>> or set to prompt you before doing things;
>> - Automatic (configurably, as above) moving of mail to a 'filed'
>> folder when a reply has been sent.
>>
>> I've been using Kontact (i.e KMail/Knode) for the last two years, and
>> whilst it's certainly functional it's missing most of the above, and
>> is a little too much like an Outlook clone for my liking....
>>
>> (In favour of Kontact (and I guess many Linux clients), integrating
>> local spam filtering is relatively easy (I can't remember ever
>> getting it working with TP), and I'd have had no idea how to
>> configure a full  local newsserver with TP, so would have been
>> stuffed when NTL kept losing moderation flags on some of my favourite
>> groups).
>>
>> So, guys, anything out there which can really replace Turnpike - or,
>> come to that, anyone with programming skills looking for a project?
>>
>Hi
>Have a look at claws-mail http://www.claws-mail.org/

It's got a lot of features that I'd like to see in TP. It doesn't appear 
to be able to use alternative profiles though.



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