Da in hamster.en.* wieder einmal nach den Unterschieden zwischen Classic
und Playground gefragt wurde (und mir's langsam auf den Senkel geht ;-),
hab ich mich durchgerungen, eine kleine Übersicht zusammenzustellen.

Dazu bräuchte ich aber insbesondere noch Anregungen und Kritik aus der
Classic-Ecke, damit es nicht gar zu Pg-lastig wird. Soweit mir Classic-
Vorteile noch erinnerlich bzw. bewußt waren, sind sie natürlich schon
berücksichtigt, aber da dürften noch einige markante Unterschiede mehr
lauern.

Nachfolgend der erste Entwurf, allerdings in Schwäbisch-Denglisch:

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Hamster comparison *DRAFT*
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Notes
If applicable, descriptions below are based on most current beta
version, so some might not apply to current stable release yet.

Flavours
Cl: "Hamster Classic", http://hamster.arcornews.de/tgl/ (Who's computer is this?)
Pg: "Hamster Playground", http://www.elbiah.de/hamster/pg/ (Who's computer is this?)
Fr: *TODO* Widely similar to Cl? +Msg corrections?
Ys: *TODO* Widely similar to Pg? +NNTP-Feed?
??: *TODO* Any other mentionable versions?


General
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Project status
Cl: Enduring development by multiple developers.
Pg: Enduring development by single developer but limited to bug fixes
and minor or "could not resist" enhancements.

Multiple language support
Cl: Available in English, German, *TODO*. Which? Contained? Separate?
Support for other languages can be added by just translating
language files.
Pg: English only.


Mails
=====

IMAP support
Cl: IMAP server available.
Pg: Not available.

Send mails directly to recipient's MX server
Cl: Not available.
Pg: Available.

Mail filters
Cl: By filter file or by action based scripts.
Pg: Similar to Cl, additional GUI based filters.

Internal mail distribution
Cl: By recipient assignments, script options or filter file.
Pg: Like Cl, additional automatic distribution.

Mail forwarding
Cl: ??? *TODO* "Mail router"?
Pg: Forward to accounts, remote recipients and distribution lists.


Newsgroups
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NNTP feed commands (IHAVE etc.)
Cl: Available.
Pg: Not available.

Subscribe/unsubscribe newsgroups from newsreader
Cl: Not supported but comfortable dialog for subscription handling.
Pg: Supported.


Miscellaneous
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Remote access by TCP/IP
Cl: Limited support, e. g. to start prepared scripts.
Pg: Fully supported (server and GUI in separate programs).

Load RSS/ATOM channels into newsgroups
Cl: Not available.
Pg: Available.

Scheduler
Cl: By script commands.
Pg: Like Cl, additional GUI based scheduler.

Reports
Cl: Daily newsgroup summary.
Pg: Like Cl, additional spam report and various HTML reports.


Technical
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SSL support
Cl: Fully supported.
Pg: Limited to access remote servers by SSL.

Run as system service
Cl: No built-in support but can be run as a system service with
additional tool.
Pg: Can both be run as an application and as a native system service.

OLE support
Cl: Available.
Pg: Not available.

SOCKS support
Cl: No built-in support but possible with SOCKS tool.
Pg: Available.

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Anregungen, Fragen, Kommentare?

-jh-