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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:43 PM

In comp.sys.hp.misc Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> Dennis Handly <dhandly@cup.hp.com> wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg (this@ddress.is.invalid) wrote:
>> : Netscape (7.01), but they can not
>> : import mbox format mail folders (Yes, Netscape stores its mail in
>> : mbox-like folders
>>
>> Netscape 4.7 likes them.

did you ever go to cygwin.com? a quick check of:

http://cygwin.com/packages/

shows precompiled packages for pine & mutt. also this:

nano: A pico clone text editor with extensions

i have used pine, a brain dead elm w/IMAP, and other serious
elm users transitioned to mutt and liked it just fine. die-hards,
like me, managed to find an unsupported elm w/IMAP and used that
w/fetchmail. this was in the Unix world, not linux. --Loren

> Well, 'likes' is probably overstating things, but it seems that a
> little persistence it can handle them.

> I tried Netscape 4.76, which was the oldest I still have (an install
> package for).

> For import it only understands Eudora, Outlook 97/98 and Outlook
> Express, so I tried Eudora. That expects .mbx files, so I renamed my
> (HP-UX) mail(1)/mailx(1) folders to .mbx. The import started and then
> hung (had to terminate it from the Task Manager).

> The mail folders have a file which looks like UNIX mbox format, but
> they have an associated .snm file, which is probably some kind of index
> file. First I tried to overwrite an existing folder file, but that did
> not really work (only for one message). Then I just copied a UNIX mbox
> file into the Netscape mail folder directory (C:\Program Files\Netscape\
> Users\frank_slootweg\Mail). After exiting restarting Netscape a few
> times, Netscape 'saw' the new folder and had made an associated .snm
> file for it. The messages seemed to be OK and the number of messages
> seemed about right.

> So for the moment I have a somewhat workable workaround. However I
> would prefer to have a simple mail(1)/mailx(1)/elm(1) clone as well,
> because I do not really trust what Netsape is doing to my messages (for
> example it seems to strip some stuff, at least From " header lines. So
> further pointers are appreciated.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:43 PM

lcoe <lcoe@c1932201-a.attbi.com> wrote:
> In comp.sys.hp.misc Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>> Dennis Handly <dhandly@cup.hp.com> wrote:
>>> Frank Slootweg (this@ddress.is.invalid) wrote:
>>> : Netscape (7.01), but they can not
>>> : import mbox format mail folders (Yes, Netscape stores its mail in
>>> : mbox-like folders
>>>
>>> Netscape 4.7 likes them.
>
> did you ever go to cygwin.com?

Not recently, for the reason given (only pay-per-minute, slow, modem
Internet access).

> a quick check of:
>
> http://cygwin.com/packages/
>
> shows precompiled packages for pine & mutt. also this:
>
> nano: A pico clone text editor with extensions
>
> i have used pine, a brain dead elm w/IMAP, and other serious
> elm users transitioned to mutt and liked it just fine. die-hards,
> like me, managed to find an unsupported elm w/IMAP and used that
> w/fetchmail. this was in the Unix world, not linux. --Loren

Thanks for the pointers. Since yesterday I finally have cable Internet
(i.e. fast and fixed cost per month), so I can look at these and look
for myself.

OTOH, if someone has a pointer to a mail(1)/mailx(1) (i.e. Berkeley
mail) clone for Windows (Win32), then that is still appreciated.

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>> So for the moment I have a somewhat workable workaround. However I
>> would prefer to have a simple mail(1)/mailx(1)/elm(1) clone as well,
>> because I do not really trust what Netsape is doing to my messages (for
>> example it seems to strip some stuff, at least From " header lines. So
>> further pointers are appreciated.

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:43 PM

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message news:<4%TJa.248397$EO1.8673372@castor.casema.net>. ..
>
> [trim]
>
> > did you ever go to cygwin.com?
>
> Not recently, for the reason given (only pay-per-minute, slow, modem
> Internet access).

Buy cygwin on CD:

http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010875.html

> [trim]

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