Re: Request system-config-mail

Jon Roland wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Matthew Miller wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:20:28AM -0600, Jon Roland wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> 1. Gives the user a choice of which email client to make the 
>>>> default: Mozilla Mail, Thunderbird, Evolution, Kmail, or Other 
>>>> (select).
>>>>   
>>>
>>> There's "gnome-default-applications-properties", a.k.a. "Preferred
>>> Applications", which has a Mail Reader tab.
>>>
>> KDE provides this functionality from their 'Control Center'
>
>
> Yes, but only partially, and only from the user's viewpoint. A 
> complete tool would support
>
> a. Being executable from another program, such as anaconda.
>
> b. Enabling a tie between MTA and client such that to switch the 
> default MTA will also switch the default clients tied to it, and 
> switching the default client will switch the default MTA associated 
> with it.
>
> c. Enabling global as well as per-user settings.
>
> d. Keeping all the services like procmail, spamassassin, clamav, 
> fetchmail, milter, etc. in sync with one another through all the 
> changes of configuration of any component.
>
> -- Jon
>
>
I see your point, very interesting. I once dreamed of wring a GUI to 
Postfix. I haven't attainted the necessary skills yet.

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