Contents

• Part I  Mail User Agents (MUAs): Resident MS+MTA
  • 1  The MUA Model
    • 1.1  MUA Model – Picture
  • 2  Types Of MUAs
    • 2.1  What Are The Characteristics Of The Ultimate MUA
    • 2.2  Diversity In MUAs Is A Good Thing
    • 2.3  The Protocols Hour Glass Model
    • 2.4  Linux Native MUAs Landscape
    • 2.5  Web Based MUAs Landscape
  • 3  Concept Of Resident MS+MTA MUA
    • 3.1  The Right qmail Autonomous Client Configuration
• Part II  ByStart Gnus MS+MTA Ultimate Messaging Environment
  • 4  What Is ByStar Gnus++
  • 5  Internet News – And Gmane
  • 6  Searching Through Your Mail – With Total Privacy
• Part III  Class Activities
  • 7  Accessing Your Accounts On ByStar Mail Server
    • 7.1  Your Domains, Your Account+Passwd
    • 7.2  ByStar Mail Server Basic Tests
  • 8  Bash Scripting – MailBot and MailInjector Exercises
    • 8.1  mailInjector.sh Evolution
    • 8.2  mailBot.sh Evolution
    • 8.3  Offlineimap + notmuch
• Part IV  Assignments
  • 9  Review Of Last Week’s Assignments
  • 10  Next Set Of Assignments

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2  Types Of MUAs

Types Of MUAs

• Native MUAs
• Web Based MUAs
• Mobile MUAs

2.1  What Are The Characteristics Of The Ultimate MUA

[plain]What Are The Characteristics Of The Ultimate MUA

• Watches For Your Privacy
• Is Fully integrated in your user environment
  • Address Book, Calendar, Spell Checker, Editor, Multi-Lingual
• Strong Search Capabilities
• Scriptable
• Mail Folder Organization
• Offline reading and writing
• Dynamic Mailing List Capabilities
• Ability To Manage Multiple Back-Ends
• Importance, Urgency, Alerts

[plain]Comparison Of Mail Systems – (servers, clients, webmail providers)

• Comparison of mail servers - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers
• Comparison of email clients - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients
• Comparison of webmail providers - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_webmail_providers
• List of collaborative software - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collaborative_software

2.2  Diversity In MUAs Is A Good Thing

Diversity In MUAs Is A Good Thing

• Concept Of Hour Glass Shape In Software/Communications Architecture
• MUAs are at the very top – Diversity Is Expected
• Cohesion In Mail Sending Facilities
• Cohesion In Mail Receiving Facilities

2.3  The Protocols Hour Glass Model

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2.4  Linux Native MUAs Landscape

Linux Native MUAs Landscape (2016)

lcaMailToolsBinsPrep.sh

• Evolution
• balsa
• claws-mail
• Gnus

2.5  Web Based MUAs Landscape

Web Based MUAs Landscape (2016)

lcaMailToolsBinsPrep.sh

• squirrelmail

3  Concept Of Resident MS+MTA MUA

Concept Of Resident MS+MTA MUA

• A Local (Resident) MS Store is sync-ed with the Remote MS Store
• A Local (Resident) MTA takes care of spooling Of outgoing messages to remote submit servers
• A local agent receives pushed emails

3.1  The Right qmail Autonomous Client Configuration

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[plain] Part 3: Class Activities

Contents

• Part I  Mail User Agents (MUAs): Resident MS+MTA
  • 1  The MUA Model
    • 1.1  MUA Model – Picture
  • 2  Types Of MUAs
    • 2.1  What Are The Characteristics Of The Ultimate MUA
    • 2.2  Diversity In MUAs Is A Good Thing
    • 2.3  The Protocols Hour Glass Model
    • 2.4  Linux Native MUAs Landscape
    • 2.5  Web Based MUAs Landscape
  • 3  Concept Of Resident MS+MTA MUA
    • 3.1  The Right qmail Autonomous Client Configuration
• Part II  ByStart Gnus MS+MTA Ultimate Messaging Environment
  • 4  What Is ByStar Gnus++
  • 5  Internet News – And Gmane
  • 6  Searching Through Your Mail – With Total Privacy
• Part III  Class Activities
  • 7  Accessing Your Accounts On ByStar Mail Server
    • 7.1  Your Domains, Your Account+Passwd
    • 7.2  ByStar Mail Server Basic Tests
  • 8  Bash Scripting – MailBot and MailInjector Exercises
    • 8.1  mailInjector.sh Evolution
    • 8.2  mailBot.sh Evolution
    • 8.3  Offlineimap + notmuch
• Part IV  Assignments
  • 9  Review Of Last Week’s Assignments
  • 10  Next Set Of Assignments

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7  Accessing Your Accounts On ByStar Mail Server

7.1  Your Domains, Your Account+Passwd

Your Domains, Your Account+Passwd

• smtp.first.1.last.byname.net – imap.first.1.last.byname.net
• Your account is the first field in the /etc/passwd file that was emailed
• Your passwd was emailed to you

7.2  ByStar Mail Server Basic Tests

ByStar Mail Server Basic Tests

• ping smtp.first.1.last.byname.net
• From Your Bellevue College Account Send Messages To main@first.1.last.byname.net
• Submit Server Tests Against smtp.first.1.last.byname.net

8  Bash Scripting – MailBot and MailInjector Exercises

8.1  mailInjector.sh Evolution

mailInjector.sh Evolution

• cd /isit442
• mv mailInjector mailInjector.20160223
• cp -r -p /opt/public/osmt/bin/mailInjector .

8.2  mailBot.sh Evolution

mailBot.sh Evolution

• Top-Down Design, Bottom-Up Implementation
• Managing Complexity, Cohision, Consistency – mailInjector.sh
• Panel.org Omni-Available Features
• Iim Omni-Available Features
• Bashing – Procedural vs Functional Vs Object-Oriented

8.3  Offlineimap + notmuch

Offlineimap + notmuch

• Hit Your ByStar Imap Account With offlineimpa
• run notmuch on your locally synched messages