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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:23:50 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "flygt@sr.se" <flygt@sr.se>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: building ports thru a firewall
Message-ID:  <199808271323.JAA23119@laker.net>

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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:46:55 +0200, Gunnar Flygt wrote:

>Please! Start using a decent mailer. Your text is broken as you can see
>when I quote it! Why not use one in the FreeBSD domain, mutt for
>instance. :-)
>
>NT sucks!

I am using PMMail98, which is shareware that I have paid a license fee
for to run under OS/2 as well as NT.  Since I have money invested, I'm
not likely to ditch it, even for something free.  What I believe you
are complaining about is where my word wrap occurs.  PMMail has several
options, and this message will be reflowed to 72 chars at send.  This
will probably satisfy your valid complaint.

As for your invalid complaint:
I worked at Gould in WorldWide Tech support as a hardware support
engineer, supporting Gould's real-time OS (MPX-32) as well as their
Unix (UTX-32) for five years, ending in 1991 when they were bought by
Encore.  Living in South Florida, I only had two choices for
employment; leave South Florida (and thereby my child, since I, wonder
of all wonders, don't have custody), or seek employment at IBM as a
dirt bag contractor and work on OS/2.  I really enjoyed OS/2 and still
have it at home.  It's really a shame IBM and Lotus couldn't handle the
home market.  I love unix and am thrilled to be using it for free now.
But the fact is, I can't depend on unix to put food on my table.  So I
am agnostic as much as possible.  Each OS has it's strengths, or it
couldn't continue to exist, due to lack of revenue.  I think NT sucks
almost as bad as the other Microsuk products.  But I can't put my head
in the sand.  I really don't need an arogant diatribe from anyone
regarding unix. You couldn't possibly appreciate it any more than I do.

Besides, some of these newer mailers have some really cool features,
even if your older mailer doesn't support them, such as html
formatting.  This is way cool.  Are you guys throwing stones at it
merely because your mailer doesn't support that feature ??  Shame on
you.  You remind me of senile citizens.

Instead of whining about the newest features, you should try to
incorporate these into unix programs and do them at least one better.


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