On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:27:14 -0500, Joseph wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:01:36 +0000, news wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the past I've been using Windows XP and I used to use outlook XP with
>> AVG antivirius and Cloudmakr Spamnet which worked well to protect me
>> from Spam and Virii nasties.
>>
>> What do people recommend to get a similar setup on gentoo? I've looked
>> at Mozilla but it doesn't show what messages it is downloading and won't
>> let you view the inbox whilst it's downloading (I get 300-400 messages a
>> day at about 98% Spam).
>>
>> TIA,
>> Al


Having uses both Sylpheed and Evolution, I have to say that if you're as
dependent upon gpg as I am all of your Windows Contacts will hate you
because nether one of them does an inline digital signature correctly;
instead they include a sig.dat file which most anti-virus apps pick up as
a virus.

Of course if you need to control spam, and don't like Mozilla then
definately look into evolution and one of the new bayesian filters such as
bogofilter. This new method works so much better then the old way I have
to wonder why the hell someone didn't think of it before.