The chart below lists (last updated April 15, 2005) Socrates email products and services and whether or not they will work post-migration. Please be aware that this chart describes program behavior AFTER the migration, and is not necessarily applicable now. We will update this chart as more information becomes available.
Program Name What it Does Supported/ working post migration? Information and Supported Alternatives
Account Management tools Tools for changing your password, setting up a vacation message, checking your email quota, etc Yes for login passwords/ quotas, no for email related tools After the migration, if you want to set up a vacation message or mail forwarding, want to check your email quota or change your email password, you can use the manage your account features located http://calmail.berkeley.edu and http://bilink.berkeley.edu.
APOP authentication Encrypts pop password No CalMail supports SSL/POP and has required it since March 1, 2005. Configuration instructions available at: http://bert.berkeley.edu/calmail/help/secure/index.html
BearMail for Socrates Webmail client for Socrates Yes After migration you will need to put your full @socrates.berkeley.edu address in the Username box,  rather than just your Socrates username.
Biff Informs when new email arrives in INBOX No Since incoming email will no longer be delivered to Socrates, biff will not see new email.
Elm Email client No Elm cannot function as a pop or IMAP client. Supported alternatives: POP or IMAP clients supported by CalMail, or CalMail web interface. Also Pine on socrates when configured as an IMAP client, See: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/pine.html. Mutt is probably a better alternative for those who appreciate elm's "look and feel". See: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/mutt.html. Address book conversion tool: /usr/local/bin/elm2mutt converts elm aliases to mutt.
Fetchmail Retrieves mail from a POP or IMAP server Expected to work Release 5.4.1 is currently installed on Socrates. This program has not yet been tested but is expected to continue to function. We plan to test a sample .rc file with CalMail and see if CalMail will support it.
.forward files Forwards email to addresses or programs No CalMail has its own tool for email forwarding. For an explanation of how forwarding on CalMail works and instructions on how to set up forwarding, please go to http://kb.berkeley.edu and search on "forwarding". If you are setting up email forwarding now, as part of the migration process, please see: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/migrationinstruct.html
FormMail, Formmail.pl FormMail is a generic HTML form to email gateway that parses the results of any form and sends them to the specified users. It is sent my the userid (login name) that runs the webserver. Yes, but may require modification. If you use this or similar applications on a website that runs as your userid (login name) on Socrates, you will need to either have a userid of the sanme name in the socrates subdomain on CalMail or be able to modify your return email address within the script.
From Reads From lines of email in /var/mail No After the migration from users may find this program is of little use, since no new email will end up on Socrates.
Garnet.berkeley.edu addresses delivery to @garnet.berkeley.edu addresses No Mail delivery to @garnet.berkeley.edu addresses abated March 27, 2005.
Hypermail Hypermail is a program that takes a file of mail messages in UNIX mailbox format and generates a set of cross-referenced HTML documents. Expected to work, however… If you invoke hypermail from your .forward file on Socrates, this will not work post-migration because .forward files will no longer function post- migration. If you use your .forward file to run hypermail, you will need to find another way to move new email to Socrates and invoke Hypermail.
Mail "Berkeley" mail client Limited Post migration, you will still be able to use the mail command to send email. If you have a script that sends email using mail, or if you use "mail" to send email from the command line, it should work. However, email delivered to @socrates.berkeley.edu addresses will be delivered to the CalMail system, not Socrates. No new email will show up if you invoke "mail " at the command line. For this reason we recommend that Socrates users currently using mail in "interactive" mode switch to an email client supported by CalMail. We have two addressbook conversion tools available for mail users. They are /usr/local/bin/brk2pine.sh (converts to pine format), and /usr/local/bin/brk2mutt.sh (converts to mutt format).
Maillist simple list management tool No Socrates maillists were migrated to http://lists.berkeley.edu on March 27, 2005.
Mailx mailx, interactive message processing system. Yes/No Post migration, you will still be able to use the mailx command to send email. Email delivered to @socrates.berkeley.edu addresses will be delivered to the CalMail system, not Socrates. No new email we We recommend that Socrates users currently using mail in "interactive" mode switch to an email client supported by CalMail. We have addressbook conversion tools available. /usr/local/bin/brk2pine.sh converts mail/mailx addressbooks to pine format. /usr/local/bin/brk2mutt.sh converts addressbooks to mutt format.
Metamail In Unix, metamail is a utility for integrating MIME into electronic mail programs like Elm, MH, and Berkeley mail. When a mail program encounters a non-text message that it cannot itself handle, it calls metamail to decode and, if possible, display it. Expected to work We expect this will continue to function.
MH Unix mail packages. Each command is a separate program, called independently from command line. ie: list the contents of the current mail folder, enter: scan. After command executes, Unix shell is immediately available. Pipes, redirection, history, and aliases work as they do with any other Unix command. Ie: pipe output of scan to less: scan | less
 Expected to work We expect that these commands will continue to function. However since no new email will be delivered to the Socrates server after the migration, users may find that these commands are no longer useful.
Mhmail Please see above Expected to work Unknown at this time
Mutt Interactive mail client Yes Tested and works with CalMail as an IMAP client. See http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/mutt.html
Pine Interactive mail client Yes will be supported as IMAP client for CalMail. You will also be able to view folders and subfolders stored in your home directory, and continue to use your pine address books. Preliminary instructions available at: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/pine.html
Procmail program for filtering email No CalMail does not support procmail but does offer a "rules" system of its own. Information on CalMail rules are available at: http://bert.berkeley.edu/calmail/webmail/help/calmail-webmail-help.html#section8
Qpopper, POP service Allows Socrates users to manage their email using POP clients. No This service is being moved to the CalMail system. Instructions for configuring POP clients on CalMail are available at: http://kb.berkeley.edu:80/cgi-bin/kb/answer.pl?question=kb400 and http://socrates.berkeley.edu/Migration/pop.html
Mail relay service Allows Socrates users to send email through system even if not logged in via ssh or telnet. POP clients use this. No This service is being migrated to the CalMail system. Instructions of configuring your email client to send email through CalMail are available at: http://kb.berkeley.edu:80/cgi-bin/kb/answer.pl?question=kb400
Xbiff X version of biff program No Please see entry for biff program.
Socrates vacation program Autoreplies when set by user No CGPro allows you to set up vacation messages. Instructions on how to do this Post-migration are available at http://kb.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/kb/answer.pl?question=kb206
Violet.berkeley.edu email addresses delivery to @violet.berkeley.edu addresses No Delivery to @violet.berkeley.edu addresses abated March 27, 2005.