Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:48:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> 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: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911122048280.64028-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <382C78EB.65C0C71B@3-cities.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
So you think mutt is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it? And worth the trouble as well? On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Kent Stewart wrote: > > >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 >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >> >> -jonathon >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- >Kent Stewart >Richland, WA > >mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com >http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html >FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > >SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME >http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911122048280.64028-100000>