From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 9 22:32:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19858 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 22:32:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19817; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 22:32:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA16887; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:01:16 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id PAA01507; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:01:10 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980410150110.34402@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:01:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Frank Pawlak , jdn@acp.qiv.com Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[4]: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" References: <199804100500.AAA00323@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199804100500.AAA00323@darkstar.connect.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 12:00:34AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Frank, I don't know ishmail, but isn't it possible to configure it so that it doesn't mangle text like this? It's barely legible. Greg >>>> I agree that most of use are >>>> older -- and it appears that most of use deal with real clients in >> the >>>> real world. The cost of an OS is the scheme of the commercial world >> is >>>> not a deciding factor. Support and reliability is a major factor. >>> >>> You hit on a key fact here and that is support. Please don't take >> what >>> I am going to say as a criticism. Because FreeBSD users are older >> and >>> thus more experienced I think it is often taken for granted that >> every >>> user is at the same level of expertise, which is simply not the case. >>> Further there is an attitude and in some ways correctly so that RTFM >> is >>> the order of the day. (etc) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message