Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:06:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> Cc: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Looking for X email client Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007170705540.25933-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000717081816.029aef08@194.184.65.7>
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: >At 16/07/2000, David Scheidt wrote: >>On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: >> >>:Any suggestions on an X email client? >>:I just tried "spruce" and it was horrible. Not only it crashed >>:continuously, it even froze the entire machine. The first time >>:in 5 years using FreeBSD that a program freezes the whole >>:machine. I could not even ssh in from another computer. >> >> >>What's wrong with a terminal based one? You can do xterm -e foo so you can >>launch it from a menu or a desktop icon if you feel the need. > >I have installed balsa (in the ports) and it is ok. A lot (too many?) >dependencies in the port but perhaps all necessary. If you install also >procmail you can easily filter message and organize them as you like... > >Btw I prefer to use mutt in a color xterm :-) > >I continue to think Eudora (that I use when I am under windog, like now) is >the best email program ever made, I don't understand why at Qualcomm they >are not planning at least a Linux version. Surely the linux box out are >more than the macs and they could reach also other OSes like *BSD under >linux emulation. Then again they put out qpopper for unix too and look at the holes, do you want a X email client with that many holes also? :)) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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