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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:01:06 +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 , David Aldred 
 writes
>Bernard Peek wrote:
>
>> In message <20070301122201.1fc8aef3@oscar-sled.homeunix.net>, Malcolm
>>  writes
>>>On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:58:29 +0000
>>>David Aldred  wrote:
>
>>>> 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.
>
>Bernard, could you remind me (and tell everyone else) how alternate profiles
>work?

In addition to being a true multi-user system TP also supports profiles. 
Profiles are what other programs refer to as personalities. Users can 
have a "work" personality that uses their work e-mail address and an 
appropriate .sig message. They can have others for different newsgroups 
or mailboxes.

In TP the profile chosen affects; from email address, reply-to address, 
destination folder for filed mail, .sig message and message ID domain.

Each mail folder can have its own default personality, but it is 
possible to override the default. When you have a folder selected and 
create a new email message the message uses that folder's default 
personality but that can be changed before sending the message.

Speaking of message folders, TP has a filtering system that allows each 
folder to have its own routing rules configure using either simple 
point-and-click settings or using regexps. Mail delivered to TP first 
goes through the seat-processing rules which determine which user gets 
the message. So, for instance spam messages addressed by anyone can be 
diverted to an administrator. Once delivered to the user the messages go 
through that user's routing rules to decide which folder they end in. 
Message delivery to a folder can trigger events that animate the folder 
icon or play a .wav sound. The appearance of a folder icon changes if it 
contains unread messages.




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Bernard Peek
back in search of cognoscenti
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