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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 10:27:31 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Shawn Barnhart <swb@grasslake.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: better than pine?
Message-ID:  <20000518102731.I21557@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <002c01bfc043$ff4a8980$b8209fc0@marlowe>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005162201530.75114-100000@home.offwhite.net> <200005171727.KAA09714@cortex.NSMA.Arizona.EDU> <20000517202936.H21557@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <002c01bfc043$ff4a8980$b8209fc0@marlowe>

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Shawn Barnhart wrote:

> Being a Pine user and not a user of the other two, do they include a
> built-in editor of any value?

Ah, good point.  I kind of thought that Pine just used Pico as an external
editor which looked the same.  It seems not.

> An IMAP client?

Slrn doesn't, oddly enough. ;-) Mutt does IMAP, though it's not that
good in version 1.0, I hear it's vastly improved in 1.2.  I don't use
IMAP though so I can't test it.

Another thing Pine has which Mutt doesn't (although it can't take up
much space) is SMTP client code.  That belongs in the MTA, not the MUA.

> That warm, user-friendly interface that reminds you of your first UNIX
> account during the heady days at University, that girl with the soft,
> brown hair, er, nevermind.

I think Pine's user interface is ugly, personally.  Mutt keeps it
simple.  Pine is probably easier to use for beginners though.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D


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