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In <33C4E4AF.586165F0@acay.com.au>, Col Mackrory <mackrory@acay.com.au> writes:

]1) Has POP3 client (i.e. no need for sendmail)

POP3 is a protocol for fetching mail. It has nothing to do with sendmail.

sendmail implements SMTP, a protocol for sending mail. it is a sensible 
    thing for mail client software to use sendmail to send mail as this is
    easier than writing yet another program implementing the SMTP 
    protocol.


    
]2) Has a spell check incorporated.
]3) Has a nice GUI Xfree interface.


I don't normally use Linux (two of the three computers here run OS/2 most 
    of the time) but I do recall starting up mh undex X and it looks quite
    respectable. I don't recall whether it uses a spell checker tho.

    
]OK - If thats asking for too much,

]I have sendmail and fetchmail downloaded - but it all seems a bit
]complicated if all I have is Elm or Pine. (please - not a criticism -
]just a preference)

I've just installed my own POP3 mail server (on OS/2) and it feels very 
    nice to have a well-setup system. I have a program that I run 
    frequently to fetch my mail and feed it into my pop server. I can then
    read it (on another machine) at my leasure. If I'm away a few days, 
    the mail accumulates on MY computer and I don't have to worry about my
    IAP discarding it because there's too much, it's to old or whatever.

The computer I use for handling mail, news etc, is not the computer that 
    dials into the Internet.

]I accept the fact that I will get criticism for wanting a GUI interface
]- but I have netscape mail, and I want a similar 'look and feel' with a
]spell checkker [;-).
       checkker

Yes, like me, you do need one.




Cheers
John Summerfield
Perth, Western Australia
OS2 support, IBM ftp search, LAN configuration info
   @ http://www.iinet.net.au/~summer/