From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 17 09:15:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA05537 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 09:15:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA05526 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 09:15:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #11) id 101t6y-000OmB-00; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:23:32 +0000 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:23:32 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: george vagner Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: failure notice Message-ID: <19990117142332.A95219@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <001401be41d0$298a8720$0300a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <001401be41d0$298a8720$0300a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG george vagner wrote: > I think we need a better explanation of the > programs found in the ports collection > because looking thru the list of > ported software dont really tell you > what the port can do or what its used for. > > > example: > > MUTT the mongrel of mail user agents (part elm pine mh) You'll find more info that that in the port's pkg/DESCR file, e.g. /usr/ports/mail/mutt/pkg/DESCR. Mutt's description file will point you at http://www.mutt.org where you can get more info. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message