From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 3 13:59:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA05161 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:59:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA05150 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:59:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA02359; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:55:37 -0800 Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:55:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Annelise Anderson cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Elm, Pine, or ? In-Reply-To: <01I0R33DJZB600DHU8@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > I just discovered I can use sendmail or mail from FreeBSD running on my > office computer. :-) > My e-mail arrives, however, on a VAX (where I like > to keep it). The VAX is really awkward when replying to messages--no > automatic quoting and character-by-character delete of footers etc. I see. There is a VMS version of Pine, ever try running it on the VAX? > It would be nice to be able to reply to messages using something with a > few more features, possibly Pine or Elm. I used pkg_add for Pine but > Elm needs to be ported, and an effort to port it produces "Checksum > mismatch for elm2.4.tar.z. The office system is 2.0.5 from the cdrom. > Any views on Pine vs. Elm for this sort of thing? Or anything else? You're probably asking for it on this one... I personally like Pine. It's a comfortable environment and has the mix of features I like. It's based on Elm so you could call it the next gen Elm. I have never used Elm so I'm not going to say anything about it. > Also if I reply to a message using elm or pine could I use the VAX > return address and forward a copy to the VAX (to myself, I guess) so > that the VAX remains the central receiving and storage computer for > the e-mail? Your problem will be getting the mail off the VAX in the first place. Are they running a pop daemon that you could pull mail off with? Sending it isn't the problem, it's retrieving it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major