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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 1999 12:30:35 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Printing (was: i probably drew daemon's rage on myself)
Message-ID:  <382C78EB.65C0C71B@3-cities.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911121807590.60313-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 
> Well, then,let's get this started right!  ;-)
> Just what *is* the best unix mail client?  I use pine, even though i know
> it's for neophytes.  Mutt seems like to much trouble unless you really
> need threads.

I check for a thread before I ever reply to an e-mail. I see far too
many replies because people are processing the list mail serially. The
problem is answered on Saturday but we see responses until the next
Wednesday. This isn't bad but it does increases the noise level in the
list. The problem with Ariel's e-mail, which prompted the original
comment, is white space. You have it but he doesn't. I don't think
that depends on the mail program but the operator. You need to make
your replies stand out from the quoted material. When you don't use
white space (a blank line), some one reading your reply can't tell if
your response is a continuation of a folded line from Outlook Express
or new material. I guess some mailer's make it easier than others. I
don't use their defaults anyway and so it doesn't matter which one I
use as long as I can sort by thread.

Kent

> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> 
> >Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >
> >> He's using Pine
> >
> >That explains a lot.
> >
> >/me runs from the inevitable mail client holy war.
> >
> >--
> >Ben Smithurst            | PGP: 0x99392F7D
> >ben@scientia.demon.co.uk |   key available from keyservers and
> >                         |   ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk
> >
> >
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> 
> -jonathon
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