Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:29:32 +0100 From: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> To: Steve Brown <freebsd@prayforwind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT: why suggest Mutt? (Was: Favorite Mail App?) Message-ID: <20020322122932.GA172@foo31-146.visit.se> In-Reply-To: <20020322111122.PPJL2746.tomts17-srv.bellnexxia.net@there> References: <B8BF94BD.B7C3%bmcalpine@macconnect.com> <20020322111122.PPJL2746.tomts17-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>
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* Steve Brown <freebsd@prayforwind.com> [2002-03-22 06.11 -0500]: > I don't get it. Why recommend mutt to someone with "no special requirements" > who just wants to send/recv mail? Brendan asked for "recommendations on a good mail app". I recommended the good mail app Mutt. I don't have any special requirements either, and all I do with Mutt is sending and reading mail. > What need does it fill that the others cant, except require a rocket scientist > a couple of weeks to configure? Hey, thanks, I didn't know I was that smart! > I can't speak for Brendan, but most of my users would ask me to install Windows > if I made them use Mutt. Well, isn't Free software about _choice_? If you _make_ your users use app this and app that, instead of letting them choose (within reasonable limits of course), I'm glad I'm not one of them. have a nice day -- Martin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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