SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Mail (subject)

There are several types of mail programs. The generic names are:

• MTA -- Mail Transport Agent. A program which handles the transfer of mail over a TCP/IP link.
• MDA -- Mail Delivery Agent. A program which handles the transfer of mail between an MTA and a "mail box".
• MUA -- Mail User Agent. A "mail reader". A program which a user uses to read and write mail and to initiate the sending of mail.

There are several common mail programs which may contain serve several of the functions mentioned previously.

• sendmail -- The most widely used program. Extremely powerful and flexible. Very difficult configuration unless one uses the m4 program and the set of pre-defined m4 files that are provided for configuation for 95% of uses. This is mostly an MTA, but it can use or be used by other types of programs.
• smail -- Does much of what sendmail does. Tries to be easier to use.
• elm -- An MUA.
• pine -- An MUA from the University of Washington.
• See more below.

Misc:

• Anonymous Remailer list
• Mixmaster  Anonymous mail SW.
• Nymserver  $; An anonymous remailer.
• Finding Addresses FAQ
• icqmail  "simple ICQ->Email gateway"
• List of mail-to-news gateways
• J Street Mailer Java Email Client from InnoVal Systems Solutions
• The Mail Archive
• MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange (RFC 822,1521,1522,1523); Standard for sending non-text via e-mail.
• IMC - Internet Mail Consortium  "focused on cooperatively managing and promoting the rapidly-expanding world of electronic mail"
• Mail HOWTO  Information on electronic mail servers and clients.
• Links to e-mail related sources
• Offline Mailing mini-HOWTO  How to set up email addresses without a dedicated Internet connection.
• Paul's mail client FAQ
• Freshmeat: SMTP
• TkRat mini-HOWTO  How to install and use the TkRat mail program.
• Mail Queue mini-HOWTO  How to queue remote mail and deliver local mail.
• UUCP HOWTO  Information on UUCP software for Linux.
• How to collect on WA email law violations

Mail Readers, Mail Programs:

• Other Lists:
  • X-based mail readers 
  • Freshmeat: Mail Clients
  • Freshmeat: X11 eMail
  • Freshmeat: text eMail
• AEmail  $; "works with Procmail and Postgres 6.3.2 to maintain a searchable archive of received email"
• Arrow  Multi-window GUI mail reader; uses DnD; young.
• fetchmail
• FEddi HOWTO (English version)  Something to do with mail and "fido". Dec'96 LG
• GNUS  One of the best news and mail readers. Probably the most configurable and powerful. Lots to learn though.
• The M mail user agent  Multi-platform. Supports MIME, GNOME, KDE. Python extensibility.
• Mailcrypt  Emacs module for PGP'ed mail.
• MultiMail  "offline mail packet reader"; Non-X11 GUI.
• The Mutt Mailer  Feb'97 LG
• Ask Slashdot: Netscape's Email Client
• PINE + popclient - mail for the sendmail-impaired  Aug'95 LG
• Postfix  Was VMailer.
• qmail:
  • qmail
  • Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO  How to install qmail and MH.
  • qmail mini-HOWTO  "setting up a mail server with SMTP, POP, and IMAP"
• Secure Mailer from IBM
• sendmail
• Sigrot: BBS Taglines for the Net  Neat gizmo that changes your email signature from a list. Mar'97 LG
• Two New X Windows Mail Clients  TkMail & XFMail; Jan'97 LG
• VxMail  "Mail-Subsystem which enables the handling of more than one e-mail domain on a single server (in conjunction with `smail' or `sendmail')"
• Mail filtering programs:
  • Links to more filtering info
  • IFile  "a general mail filtering system which uses a modern-day text learning algorithm to intelligently filter mail according to the way the user tends to organize mail.";
  • procmail:
    • procmail - An Introduction
    • Configuring procmail with The Dotfile Generator  Dec'97 LG
    • Procmail: Automated Mail Handling  Feb'97 LG
• Web-based e-mail:
  • ArrowMail  "powerful, yet simple to install Web-Based Email package"
  • PROFUSO  SW to "create web based e-mail services"
• WMF  Converts Emails to HTML and makes index files.
• XF-Mail:
  • XFMail for Sendmail-less mail!  Sep'95 LG
  • In-depth Guide to XF-Mail and XMailbox Installation  Oct'95 LG
  • Configuring XF-Mail and XMailbox  Oct'95 LG
  • Two New X Windows Mail Clients  TkMail & XFMail; Jan'97 LG

Mailing Lists:

• Note: It would be nice to have a "mailing lists" section within most other categories of this site, but I've decided that that is more than I want to maintain. Most people interested enought in a topic to join a mailing list will be interested enough to find a list themselves, using the following lists of lists or looking at sites listed within the category.
• General Subject:
  • eVote  "add-on to email list-servers that gives the members of the list the ability to poll each other"
  • Freshmeat: Mailinglist Managers
• SSC's annotated list of Linux-related mailing lists  Good; also covers newsgroups; has list of m.l. lists.
• Mailing lists  At Secret Agent's "Linux Resource Kit"; huge list.
• Lists at Linux Resouce Exchange  Many categories; ~700 MLs Oct'98.
• Liszt search tool  Found over 100 lists may98.
• Linux Mailing Lists  161 lists 22aug98; (un)subscribe by using form.
• Linux Mailing Lists  Compiled by DongJun Shin, a Ph.D. candidate in Korea.
• mailing list list  At The Linux Resource Exchange; >534 mailing lists and newsgroups.
• Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
• Unofficial linux-kernel mailing list FAQ
• FindMail: Free Mailing List Hosting and Archives  Includes some Linux archives.
• User Guide Dog  Has a mailing list.
• list of KDE mailing lists

Mailing List Archives:

• Debian mailing lists archive  At Debian.
• The Mail Archive  Includes some Linux archives.
• Red Hat Mailing List Archives
• FindMail: Free Mailing List Hosting and Archives  Includes some Linux archives.

POP, POP3, etc:

• Poppy "read/save/delete messages from a POP3 server"
• Freshmeat: POP3
• Ask Slashdot: POP3 and Large Mail Boxes.
• PINE + popclient - mail for the sendmail-impaired  Aug'95 LG
• Ask Slashdot: POP3 boxes

IMAP:

• Freshmeat: IMAP
• Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO  How to install the Cyrus IMAP server.
• IMAP vs. POP paper
• IMAP on Linux: A Practical Guide  Dec'98 LG
• ML - A mail program for X and IMAP
• IMAP4 server: Centralized e-mail on a shoestring "How to test centralized mail management with a cheap PC, Linux, and a free IMAP server" (howto set up a IMAP4 server)

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