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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:30:22 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, dyson@iquest.net
Subject:   RE: Development Projects (was:Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990326093022.jobaldwi@vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <36FB952B.2E5E7F3C@thuntek.net>

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On 26-Mar-99 Donald Wilde wrote:
> Java server and JDK native support is #3.

Speedy JDK is the big thing.

> A full-featured browser and modern mail client is #4, one that doesn't
> hang when the ppp is not connected. MPHO is that Netscape is not likely
> to give us that, since AOL has hogtied and is now shredding them.
> Mozilla is a better choice in the long run, I think. Also, Mutt just
> doesn't cut it in the desktop world used to Eudora and Netscape mail
> readers.

I use XFMail for my mail reader.  It's a Eudora-like mail program for X that
supports POP3, IMAP, and local mailboxes.  It has very nice filtering rules
that can be setup without too much difficulty.  It supports both MH and MBox
mailboxes, and has integrated PGP support that I know works with 2.6.2, and it
has an option for PGP 5.0, I just haven't tried it.  It also has an address
book for nicknames and whatnot.  So, try it out, we may already have a possible
solution for part of #4.  When you are not connected to the phone, it does not
die.  If it tries to check the mail, you can press the stop button on the main
toolbar and it aborts the attempt and lets you read/write messsages.

> If we can accomplish _just_ these four things with our code-project
> resources, plus get a native Oracle 8 port, I think they would give us a
> big boost in unit installs. Can I announce the solutions next week? ;-)
> -- 
> Donald Wilde              "Bringing the Internet to everyone!"
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