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   Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:20:28 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
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   In message , SINNER    
    writes   
   >* Bernard Peek wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >   
   >> In message , SINNER   
   >>  writes   
   >>>* David Floyd wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>I cant imagine running a VM to run an email client,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You obviously haven't used Turnpike!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As you can see here, those of us who are ex demon grew up with it;   
   >>>> loved it; don't want to loose it; and can't find anything quite like   
   >>>> it to replace it!!   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>You are new to Linux, how can yo possibly know it cant be replaced?   
   >>>That sounds like OES to me [Outlook Express Syndrome]   
   >>   
   >> There have been people posting to the Turnpike support newsgroup about   
   >> wanting to switch to Linux, but being unable to find a replacement for   
   >> Turnpike. Quite a few of them are reasonably experienced Linux users.   
   >> I've been using Linux for ten years now and I've been actively looking   
   >> for a Turnpike replacement for five years. I switched to Thunderbird   
   >> for a year or two but I've now switched back.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >Everyone says how great it is but so far no one has offered up a feature   
   >set to be compared to a Linux based mail program.   
   >   
   >Please do so, the place to ask is here.   
      
   OK. These are some of the features that I would want in a Turnpike    
   replacement: -   
      
   GENERAL   
   ==========   
      
   Highly configurable   
      
   Multi-user with adequate privacy safeguards (users maintain their own    
   passwords, not readable but changeable by administrators)   
      
   Stable and reliable   
      
   Comprehensive logging   
      
   Administrator/power-user/normal-user support   
      
      
   NEWS   
   ======   
      
   Full GNKSA compliance   
      
   Full RFC compliance (and the ability to cope with common non-compliant    
   software)   
      
   Able to apply different profiles on a per-newsgroup or per-posting basis   
      
   Able to show thread structures.   
      
   Able to break and re-create threading at will (for instance to apply    
   different kill-rules to different subthreads.)   
      
   Configurable auto-expiry   
      
   Support for multiple NNTP servers, with authentication   
      
   Automatically route posts to moderated groups   
      
   Copes with the monastery   
      
   MAIL   
   =========   
      
   Multiple personalities   
      
   POP3 or SMTP for receiving mail   
      
   Supports multiple POP3 mailboxes   
      
   Built-in IMAP server   
      
   Support for multiple email addresses for each user   
      
   Support for pseudo-newsgroups (threaded displays)   
      
   Comprehensive filtering and routing   
      
   Searchable archives   
      
      
      
   --    
   Bernard Peek   
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