wine users - Nov 2009 - Mailwasher equivalent

Hello 

My first post!
I use Wine 1.0.1 that came with Ubuntu 9.10.
On a P4-2.66MHz, 768 MB.Ram., Grub, multi-booted with a separate Windows XP
hard-disk.
I already have Mailwasher Pro 6.5 installed in the other hard-disk containing
Windows and running well.
So, I installed mailwasher Pro 6.5 on this Ubuntu/wine setup.
But there are few small problems that I can't solve.
Anyway I will probably try to install an equivalent application.
So, does anybody knows a Linux equivalent to Mailwasher?
Thanks

Luc

On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 09:33 -0600, Luc wrote:
> So, does anybody knows a Linux equivalent to Mailwasher?
>
There seems to be a server version of MailWasher for Linux but its not
free and it requires you to run a mailserver.

I don't think there's a direct native equivalent, but its relatively
easy to put the necessary bits together. Here are some possibilities:

1) ISP -> getmail -> spamassassin -> MTA <-> MUA

2) ISP -> getmail -> MTA -> procmail <-> MUA
                               ^
                               |
                               V
                         spamassassin

ISP:          Your ISP.

getmail:      This program picks up mail from your ISP using POP3 or
              IMAP and passes it to the next program in the chain.

MTA:          Mail Transport Agent - you already have one, probably
              sendmail, running to handle system mail (such as
              logwatch reports) and to let you send mail from one
              login to another. Sendmail is really hard to configure,
              so if you go for (2) you'll probably want to replace
              it with another MTA, such as Postfix.

procmail:     A mail filter that processes mail arriving in your Linux
              mailbox. There is a mailbox for each login.

MUA:          Mail User Agent - what you use to read and write mail.
              I don't know which Ubuntu favours. Fedora users probably
              use Evolution but Firebird is also popular.

spamassassin: A package that examines mail and classifies it as ham
              or spam. A good MUA will see spamassassin's classification
              and put ham in your inbox and spam in the spam folder.


Martin

Hello Martin

Thanks for prompt answer.
No. Mailwasher server is not a vaible solution fro me.
And Spamassassin seems a bit complicated to install.
Anyway.
The little problem I was talking about in my first post ought to have a
solution.
Simply stated, when I double-click on a link imbedded in an open message I
should have this link sent to my browser (FireFox) to open up.
In my XP's version it is OK.
But no action at all in Ubuntu from my Wine's installed Mailwasher.
Any solution, by the way...Anybody?
Thanks

Luc