[sf-lug] requests for email client setup & WiFi Slax

[jim]

Thanks, Morgan,
     At this point, it seems to me that we can be flexible as
to what we learn. When our group turns its attention to
installing Mutt is a matter of who's in the room at the
time.

     In the context of installation, after one has finished
baseline installation, one generally adds packages and/or
other software, and this phase has its best practices
recommendations.
     There is a number of highly experienced Linux system
administrators who read this email list, and if we're
lucky, one or more of them will chime in.

     My take:
     Mutt is a command-line program, particularly suitable
to running on a server-class host.
     One can install Mutt with a package manager or by
downloading a *.tar.gz file. Best practices suggest
installing a package, but taking the *.tar.gz approach
presents a useful exercise of working with non-packaged
software (choosing directories for the various files, such
as those in the /usr/local/ tree, running the make program...).

Mutt home page
http://www.mutt.org/

Mutt package install pages
http://www.mutt.org/download.html
https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=mutt

Mutt *tar.gz install info
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/basicnet/mutt.html
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/tutorials/get-started-with-mutt




On 04/09/2014 07:49 AM, Morgan. wrote:
> Thanks for an excellent Linux Study Group (LSG) last Thursday. It was 
> very educational for me to go over install procedures.
>
> If we have time tomorrow, I would like to try to install the Mutt 
> email client on our practice crunch-bang system.  Also, I have a CD 
> copy of Wifislax that Bobby from Cafe Enchante gave me many weeks ago 
> to try at home.  Unfortunately, my optical drive on my main system at 
> home is bad and I haven't gotten around to swapping it out yet.  Maybe 
> we can give Wifislax a spin and see what it can do for us.
>
> Other email clients that I would like to try someday if we have time:
> Geary Yorba <http://www.yorba.org/projects/geary>
> Opera Mail <http://www.opera.com/computer/mail>
> i.Scribe <http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php>
> Claws Mail <http://www.claws-mail.org/>
> Evolution <http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/>
> If you have any knowledge or other comments about these other clients, 
> please let me know.
>
>
>
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