Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:49:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best x11 mua ? Message-ID: <20010312094955.W57126@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <15019.63707.84344.642380@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 04:14:51PM -0600 References: <69374208@toto.iv> <15019.63707.84344.642380@guru.mired.org>
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On Sunday, 11 March 2001 at 16:14:51 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> types: >> [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > >>>> i search a very good mua for freebsd (X11), i like outlook express under >>>> win2K, and i want an equivalent under freebsd + X11; i know postilion, but >>>> is there another (stable, beautifull, filters, multiple pop3/smtp, etc >>>> ...). I have tried spruce but it crashed (core dump), balsa need gnome, >>>> etc... kmail perhaps ? but i have heard that there was problem with kde 2.1 >> >> Kiltdown found the lines too long and wrapped like this: > > [removed] > >> I assert that it should have done it like this: > >>>>> i search a very good mua for freebsd (X11), i like outlook express >>>>> under win2K, and i want an equivalent under freebsd + X11; i know >>>>> postilion, but is there another (stable, beautifull, filters, >>>>> multiple pop3/smtp, etc ...). I have tried spruce but it crashed >>>>> (core dump), balsa need gnome, etc... kmail perhaps ? but i have >>>>> heard that there was problem with kde 2.1 > > Ok, I've got a question about that one. It would seem that the > prohibition about mailers automatically wrapping text should apply to > quoted text as well, for much the same reason - you could potentially > lose information in the process. > > Here, you seem to be implying that kiltdown ("it") should have done just > that. Is that really the case? Well, there are two issues. I see again and again the opposite problem, the "one line per paragraph" syndrome. That needs fixing. And imagine a message which has grown a few more quotes: > > > >>>> i search a very good mua for freebsd (X11), i like outlook express > > > >>>> under win2K, and i want an equivalent under freebsd + X11; i know > > > >>>> postilion, but is there another (stable, beautifull, filters, > > > >>>> multiple pop3/smtp, etc ...). I have tried spruce but it crashed > > > >>>> (core dump), balsa need gnome, etc... kmail perhaps ? but i have > > > >>>> heard that there was problem with kde 2.1 I can't see any reason not to "fix" that to: >>>>>>> i search a very good mua for freebsd (X11), i like outlook >>>>>>> express under win2K, and i want an equivalent under freebsd + >>>>>>> X11; i know postilion, but is there another (stable, >>>>>>> beautifull, filters, multiple pop3/smtp, etc ...). I have >>>>>>> tried spruce but it crashed (core dump), balsa need gnome, >>>>>>> etc... kmail perhaps ? but i have heard that there was problem >>>>>>> with kde 2.1 Should it be automatic? If it can always Do The Right Thing, yes. I assert that it's impossible to always Do The Right Thing. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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