[HRPM] CSCMail

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Wed May 24 19:10:40 CDT 2000


I came across this and thought you guys might find it interesting.  If
anybody plays with it, drop a note to the list and let us know what you
think.

http://cyberdeck.org/cscmail/index2.html

CSCMail is a powerful graphical mail client for Linux. It's developed in
Perl using the GTK toolkit. CSCMail is Free Software released under the
GNU Public License. 

It has the following features 

   Version 1.6.x Features:

	- Full MBOX support, CSCMail can import your existing mbox folders
and export to mbox.
	- QMaildir support
	- HTML Mail (read only)
	- GtkHTML widget support, still supporting XmHTML by default.
	- Built-in helpbrowser, as well as mini-browser if using GtkHTML.
	- A smart addressbook that auto completes addresses for you if you
type them partialy in the To: field.
	- Very configurable, tons of options and preferences to choose
from.
	- Message colorization based on quote symbols and their levels.
	- Accpets command line args for integration with netscape through
muttzilla.
	- Spelling and Autospelling support. compatible with Ispell and
Aspell.
	- Can make use of threads if your perl is compiled with thread
support.
	- Multipart (MIME) support including inbound and outbound
attachements.
	- Hyperlinks that WORK! All mail is turned into a psuedo-html
message, with active hyperlinks. http:// ftp:// and mailto: are supported.
http and ftp load Netscape, mailto opens a new msg window in CSCMail
	- POP3 compatibility. 
	- Uses the Perl DBI interface now, for database flexibility. You
can now use any Perl DBI compliant database with CSCMail. Not just
Postgres.
	- Non-blocking mail transfers. Continue using CSCMail while your
mail transfers in the background.
	- Multiple POP3 Account support.
	- Filters, including a new message scoring system, useful for
maillists.
	- Header viewpane
	- sig support. Each account can have a different sig.
	- New messages counter
	- New messages are configured to your preferences
	- Auto-set reply address based on account used to DL message.
	- Send/Recieve/Reply/Forward.
	- Schedulable message transfers.
	- Outbox for storing unsent outbound messages.
	- Context Sensitive menus (Right Click)
	- Sent Items Folder, Drafts folder.
	- Message list sortable by From: Subj: and Date: fields (Just
click the column header to sort by that column, click again to reverse the
direction)
	- Multiple message selection. 
	- Multiple folders. 

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