Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:01 -0400 From: Timothy Luoma <freebsd@tntluoma.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: M2 (Opera) Re: What are people using for MUA's nowadays? Message-ID: <oprvyemnmxnva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> In-Reply-To: <a06001a30bb9545de0eeb@[10.0.1.2]> References: <20030922104213.L335@www.bluecirclesoft.com> <20030922194015.GA20427@kyblik.pieskovisko.sk> <oprvxe43zdnva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> <a06001a30bb9545de0eeb@[10.0.1.2]>
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:48:31 +0200, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> wrote: > At 8:18 PM -0400 2003/09/22, Timothy Luoma wrote: > > Ahh. The PowerMail solution. Right. Dunno about M2, but I did try > PowerMail. I liked it, I really did. Problem was the database wasn't > robust enough, and kept getting slightly slower as I added more and more > mail. I've got mail going back to 1992. I've got multiple gigabytes of > mail. PowerMail choked. I don't have that much mail, but I was able to use it with 60k messages in an early alpha version. > So, what kind of database does M2 use? Is M2 available for MacOS X? The mechanics are beyond me. M2 is not yet for MacOSX IIRC. > Access Points are basically just "views" into a database table. > PowerMail has been using the "views" name for quite a while. Actually M2 uses that name too. When you create your own filter it is called a "View" > Does it have integrated Bayesian anti-spam filtering? How is it at > applying rules in general to "access points"? I have yet to find > anything that is as good as or better than Eudora, especially Eudora 6, > when it comes to filtering -- save possibly procmail. The spam filter in M2 is not great ATM but I believe it is a planned improvement for the not-too-distant future procmail rocks. I love procmail. Nothing is going to beat procmail. M2 uses the List-Id: header for the mailing list access points. You can choose your own filters as well. Can you get Eudora for FreeBSD? >> Email is also easier to sort and find, because I can store things >> however I want to. Searches are done very quickly, I assume because >> of the way that Opera stores the mail. Which reminds me, that is >> another thing I like about M2: it stores mail in plain-text format. > > I'm confused. I thought you said it used a database? Well, perhaps I'm a bit confused as well, or perhaps I should have said it was "like" a database. Mail is actually stored (in plain text) in files or multiple files on the hard drive, but via M2 the best way to understand it is like a database. Again, the technical part of it is a little beyond me, so I may not be explaining it well. TjL -- <del>Toying with the idea of putting</del> Planning to install FreeBSD <ins>4.8-RELEASE</ins> on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop
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