XIII. Are there any mail-readers for X?

1. xmail, developed by Michael C. Wagnitz, is a GUI to the Berkeley Unix mail program and includes support for the X-face header (see entry for exmh, below, for ftp info).

   The latest version, 1.6 is available at:

   ftp://ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmail_1.6.tar.gz

2. xmh, is an X front-end for the MH mail system. It should be part of the standard X11 distribution.
   The latest version, used to be available at:

   ftp://ftp.uni-trier.de:/pub/unix/X11/R6/xc/programs/xmh

   Note that most other sites still archive the R5 version and the patches to take it up to R6.

3. exmh, developed by Brent Welch, is a Tcl/Tk-based (3.3 to 4.1) wrapper to the MH (6.7 or 6.8) mail-handling system. The latest version, 1.6.7, is available at:

   ftp://ftp.sunlabs.com:/pub/tcl/exmh/exmh-1.6.7.tar.Z The following packages are also required:

   • MH mail-handler package, at ftp.ics.uci.edu:/pub/mh
   • Metamail, for MIME support, at thumper.bellcore.com:/pub/nsb
   • Faces library, at cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces
   • Expect, at ftp.cme.nist.gov:/pub/expect//expect.tar.Z

4. ML, developed by Mike Macgirvin, is an IMAP mail client. It features, among other things:
   • mailbox reading, composing, filing, and printing operations;
   • ability to follow URL's embedded in messages ( mosaic or netscape req.);
   • personal address book;
   • action scripting to simplify repetitive tasks;
   • mail filters utilizing a filter language to sort mail automatically; etc.

   ML requires X11R4, Motif 1.2, IMAP2bis, and optionally PGP 2.6.2.

   The latest version, 1.1.1a is available at:

   ftp-camis.stanford.edu:/pub/ml/ml.tar.Z

   Pre-compiled binaries are available for SunOS, Solaris and linux in:

   ftp-camis.stanford.edu:/pub/ml

5. Several mailers are also available for Emacs/XEmacs: Rmail (standard), Mh-e and Vm (the latter pair standard in XEmacs). Additionally, the Gnus newsreader also incorporates a mail-reader.
6. xfmail, is developed by Gennady B. Sorokopud, is an XFroms based mailer. It's features, among others, are:
   
   • multiple spool files and IMAP/POP servers
   • fully configurable via the user interface (no need to change configuration files)
   • mail retrevial from both from POP/IMAP and spool file
   • supports MH and elm-style local mailboxes, faces, picons and MIME
   • built-in address book; etc.
   The latest version, 1.3, is available at:
   ftp://burka.netvision.net.il/pub/xfmail/

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