flock.
com/extensions to sample the selections.
Choosing a Mail Client (Mail User Agent)
People spend a lot of time with their email programs. Many get to know their quirks and
foibles as well as those of any human being around them. Attachments develop, as do
love/hate relationships. Take Microsoft Outlook, for example. Nearly everyone has used it
at one time or another.
Maybe you??™ve never used anything but Outlook, but you??™re now thrown into the Linux
world, either by choice or by corporate fiat. Maybe you??™re a little nervous about the
change. Don??™t be. If you like the way Outlook does things, you can get something that
mimics the same Outlook experience that you are accustomed to.
If you??™ve left the Microsoft reservation and want something different, how about a textbased
mail client like mutt or pine, or Emacs mail? Want a calendar/to-do list function in
your mail client? Sure. Want a Usenet (or RSS) newsreader? You can do that, too. As always,
you have choices.
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In this section, you will become familiar with the leading Linux email programs:
Evolution, Kmail/KOrganizer/Kontact, SeaMonkey Mail/Thunderbird, Claws, and mutt.
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