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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:20:28 +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 , SINNER 
 writes
>* Bernard Peek wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>
>> In message , SINNER
>>  writes
>>>* David Floyd wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>>>
>>>>>I cant imagine running a VM to run an email client,
>>>>
>>>> You obviously haven't used Turnpike!
>>>>
>>>> As you can see here, those of us who are ex demon grew up with it;
>>>> loved it; don't want to loose it; and can't find anything quite like
>>>> it to replace it!!
>>>>
>>>
>>>You are new to Linux, how can yo possibly know it cant be replaced?
>>>That sounds like OES to me [Outlook Express Syndrome]
>>
>> There have been people posting to the Turnpike support newsgroup about
>> wanting to switch to Linux, but being unable to find a replacement for
>> Turnpike. Quite a few of them are reasonably experienced Linux users.
>> I've been using Linux for ten years now and I've been actively looking
>> for a Turnpike replacement for five years. I switched to Thunderbird
>> for a year or two but I've now switched back.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Everyone says how great it is but so far no one has offered up a feature
>set to be compared to a Linux based mail program.
>
>Please do so, the place to ask is here.

OK. These are some of the features that I would want in a Turnpike 
replacement: -

GENERAL
==========

Highly configurable

Multi-user with adequate privacy safeguards (users maintain their own 
passwords, not readable but changeable by administrators)

Stable and reliable

Comprehensive logging

Administrator/power-user/normal-user support


NEWS
======

Full GNKSA compliance

Full RFC compliance (and the ability to cope with common non-compliant 
software)

Able to apply different profiles on a per-newsgroup or per-posting basis

Able to show thread structures.

Able to break and re-create threading at will (for instance to apply 
different kill-rules to different subthreads.)

Configurable auto-expiry

Support for multiple NNTP servers, with authentication

Automatically route posts to moderated groups

Copes with the monastery

MAIL
=========

Multiple personalities

POP3 or SMTP for receiving mail

Supports multiple POP3 mailboxes

Built-in IMAP server

Support for multiple email addresses for each user

Support for pseudo-newsgroups (threaded displays)

Comprehensive filtering and routing

Searchable archives



-- 
Bernard Peek
back in search of cognoscenti
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