Re: [cobalt-users] mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Have you ever tried Gnus? (mail and newsreader)
> > Please try it - I think you will find, that you can read/answer twice
> > the amount of mail in the same time using that software package.

> Atm I'm using Windows as my desktop.  I do want to switch to Linux but
> I've got some things I do in Windows (such as accounting for my ISP)

Use VMWare for those things.

Or use a seperate computer for that. Today computers aren't that
expensive (for a business) -- so I have "dedicated workstations". My
Linux main workstation, a Windows 98 machine for harddisc-recording
(Cubase), a Windows NT box for doing Windows programming/solutions,
and the odd piece of weird hardware...

> which can not be EASILY changed.  So until then I'm using Windows
> clients.  Afaik Gnus is NOT available for Windows.  Am I wrong?  I'd
> like to evaluate it.

You're wrong. Gnus is certainly available for Windows, and has been so
for years...

> I also need my email client to be capable of handling multiple
> personalities (email addresses) at the same time, with automatic reply
> default to the address at which the email came, and optional selection
> of another.  Can Gnus do that?

Yep, yep, yep.

I use multiple personalities alot. It gives me these features:

1. Message origins from different names/email-address (i.e. the from
   headers changes).

2. A different signature for each personality.

(etc. -- you can do what you want; just put in the right hook)

> > Using a private newsgroup (stored on the Cobalt newsserver) it would
> > be just the same as with a mailinglist. There's no privacy issues
> > there.

> While I understand your point, I find that in practice it's not true. 
> I've NEVER gotten a piece of spam based on using "jblists" on mailing
> lists (knock-on-wood).  But addresses used on newsgroups draw spam quite
> quickly.

Hmm, well - I have addresses that have _only_ been used on
mailinglists (even one that has only been used on this list), and they
all get spammails.

But in practise, a private newsserver wouldn't give more spam than the
mailinglist I think.

BTW: Help us fight spam. Support Razor (by using it):

                http://razor.sourceforge.net/

It can even protect your whole server... 


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