I know this can be done: IMAP, Procmail, SquirrelMail

Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:07:06 -0700

Mozilla is almost there..but Evolution seems to be the winner, it shows new 
mail properly, which is what I want. Kmail is unsatisfactory for IMAP.

I need to fire up a windows client and try outlook and eudora.

Thanks....

Anthony

On Tuesday 12 February 2002 02:18 pm, you wrote:
> Check out Evolution 1.0.2, works nicely even with nested folders!!!!!! I
> have some nested folders that are 4x deep and I can close the entire
> path and the top folder bolds on new mail, as I punch down I see each
> folder in the path highlited, all clear when I read the new message.
>
> Nice.
>
> Even works with MS Exchange quite nicely.
>
> On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 14:06, Anthony Hologounis wrote:
> > That seems to be the main benefit of IMAP. A centralized location for
> > your email that can be accessed from any machine. I think its neat. I
> > have used pine but not consistently. To check email remotely from the
> > commandline its quick and clean. But I prefer a GUI for day to day
> > useage.
> >
> > A client that works properly with respect to keeping NEW mail as NEW is
> > what I'm looking for...I have over 25 mail folders that I use to sort
> > mail via Procmail....I just want to be able to glance at the folder list
> > and see how many new mails are waiting for me in eahc folder. So far with
> > kmail and squirrelmail I dont get that visual gratification...I have to
> > open each folder to see if there is anything new inside. That bites.
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> > On Tuesday 12 February 2002 01:42 pm, you wrote:
> > > I use the IMP for my web-based email. http://www.horde.org
> > > It does take a little configuring to get it set up- but once it is it's
> > > nearly admin free. I just started using pine to grab imap mail from my
> > > server/firewall/gateway box. This helps a little when I have to use
> > > different Win machines and don't want to copy all of my email into
> > > multiple mailboxes.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Anthony Hologounis wrote:
> > > > Sorry... I think it may be an email client issue. I am using kmail
> > > > 1.3.2 as my everyday email client. I created a test account and tried
> > > > using the email client in Mozilla 9.8. The mozilla email client seems
> > > > to have better support for IMAP and it does show mail that has been
> > > > processed by Procmail as NEW. The only caveat is that you have to
> > > > click the folder so it can refresh but the NEW mail IS shown.
> > > >
> > > > Is anyone else using IMAP and if so what client are you using?
> > > >
> > > > Anthony Hologounis
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:27 am, you wrote:
> > > > > Hello
> > > > >
> > > > > I just know this can be done.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a RH7.2 box that is running postfix and I use Qpopper to pop
> > > > > the mail to the clients.
> > > > >
> > > > > I just installed SquirrelMail which is a web based email client but
> > > > > discovered it needed IMAP to work .
> > > > > I am new to IMAP and at first glance it seems to be more difficult
> > > > > then POP to set up , but I digress.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using UW IMAP and I recompiled it to point to $HOME/Mail
> > > > > SquirrelMail is able to create folders in $HOME/Mail and all is
> > > > > good As a side note , with respect to IMAP the INBOX is
> > > > > /var/spool/mail/$USER INBOX.trash, INBOX.Sent etc exist in
> > > > > $HOME/Mail. I am assuming that this is as it should be....
> > > > >
> > > > > Heres the problem.
> > > > > I want to use Procmail to filter the mail for the user and I am
> > > > > able to get procmail to work BUT when I run SquirrelMail and check
> > > > > the mail the only mail that will show up as NEW is any mail not
> > > > > filtered by Procmail, ie: any mail that ends up in
> > > > > /var/spool/mail/$USER will be seen as NEW.
> > > > >
> > > > > If the mail IS filtered by Procmail it will be put into the
> > > > > respective file in $HOME/Mail/"somefile"
> > > > >
> > > > > SquirrelMail will see "somefile" but any mail inside that "folder"
> > > > > is not shown as NEW . So I have to open the "somefile" folder in
> > > > > SquirrelMail to see whats in it. There is no initial gratification
> > > > > of knowing how many new pieces of mail await me. Does that make
> > > > > sense?
> > > > >
> > > > > At first thought, is there a way for Procmail to flag the message
> > > > > as NEW after it has been processed?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the help
> > > > >
> > > > > Anthony Hologounis
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