[Klug-general] Mail.....

[MacGyveR]

On Sunday 01 Feb 2009, Peter Childs wrote:
> 2009/2/1 Laurence Southon <laurence at southon.uk.net>:
> > Peter Childs wrote:
> >> Oddly enough the only demanId I have is to be able to send tables of
> >> text and for it to arrive in that fashion.
> >
> > Email isn't really a suitable medium for that, you might be better to
> > create formatted documents and send as an attachment, eg PDF or odt, I
> > won't mention other formats for fear of flames.
>
> Yes but do we really need to create a large attachment that needs
> software to read it, if all that needs to be sent is a 3 by 3 table of
> numbers to be sent quickly. Mind you I've seen this user using spaced
> to push things onto the next line rather than a the enter key.....
> This is also why there are so many html emails around these days.
>
> > But is this for internal or external use? If you are using email
> > internally rather like a forum, then you could have an internal forum,
> > or a wiki, maybe. Both would be capable of preserving table formatting.
>
> No its the external, Oddly enough the internal system can handle it
> because everyone uses the same program and if it was necessary I would
> tweak it.The internal system got done like this because email did not
> fit the purpose.
>
> > As regards external email, if you have a Linux server then it should be
> > a question of correct configuration for email to work, and perfectly
> > possible to reject most Spam and deal with viruses.
>
> Virus are not really an issue we use Linux 100% in house, and it
> should be enough to say don't open an attachment unless you know what
> it is. and its the old story of false positives on the spam front. I
> do have a virus scanning web cache in place (Which in many cases these
> days is where the viruses actually are.
>
> > Much depends on the requirements of your business processes. That sounds
> > very grand and high falutin, but what it means is work out first what it
> > is you need to achieve, and then see how an IT system can help you
> > achieve it. The delight of Linux is we have total freedom to do that.
>
> Its more of a training and requirements issue, I've given up and am
> really waiting for people to tell me what they need.
>
> Peter
>
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maybe look into some groupware apps?

Regarding your email. I would just setup an mail server with IMAP and then 
install one of the many web based apps or use a gui client, they both will 
require configuration by the end user (folders, filters, preferences etc..)

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