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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
   Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:55:09 +0100   
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   Bernard Peek  writes:   
      
   > In message <87wt1xgm4a.fsf@geemail.com>, Hadron   
   >  writes   
   >   
   >   
   >>> It also supports similar filtering for email. It's possible to set up   
   >>> a kill rule that will reject emails from a specific individual or   
   >>> domain, or by matching arbitrary regexps. So for instance I have a   
   >>> rejection rule set up to automatically reject any mail with a .EXE   
   >>> file as an attachment.   
   >>   
   >>gnus does all this and more. It takes some learning though - its not for   
   >>the faint hearted.   
   >   
   > TP seems quite intuitive to me, and I've used it for small business   
   > networks where most of the users were quite inexperienced computer   
   > users. For my own purposes I'm reasonably happy to spend some time   
   > configuring a program. But email is a business-critical service so I   
   > want any program that handles my mail to be bombproof and   
   > idiot-proof. Programs with large numbers of obscure and rarely used   
   > optional settings are not, IMHO, a good idea.   
      
   If an email client which doesn't really offer that much over other types   
   is so important I think you will probably find Linux too flexible for   
   your limited needs. Stick with Windows and Turnpike - you make a great   
   couple :-;   
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