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Date:      Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:03:57 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What mail client do *you* use?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617190151.617D-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199806170542.WAA17213@monk.via.net>

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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Joe McGuckin wrote:

>I'm getting ready to retire my creaky old Sun SS2. One problem though -
>I'm addicted to mailtool. I need to find a functionally equivalant mail 
>client.
>
>It should save messages in standard mailbox format. Also, I understand
>some clients have problems with file locking. I use procmail to sort incoming
>messages into about 15 or 20 mailfolders. The mail client shouldn't require
>any 'staging' folders for new messages, etc.
>
>Any suggestions? 'vm'/emacs looks interesting - any comments regarding 
>actual usage?

I don't know anything about mailtool. I use pine and procmail to divvy up
my mail between ten folders. I like pine's ability to pipe email through
pgp. Pine is hyper documented. YMMV

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/
			|	206-633-5994


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