Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:14:18 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing (was: i probably drew daemon's rage on myself) Message-ID: <382C832A.9075BBFA@3-cities.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911122048280.64028-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > So you think mutt is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it? > > And worth the trouble as well? I actually use Netscape Messenger on NT because I can share my mail from all but one of the computers, which is my FreeBSD system, by sharing the mail directory on my NT Server over the network. I'm only on one computer at a time but they all see the same set of mail. If I were using mail on FreeBSD, I would probably use Mutt because it is the only one that I have been told meets my requirements. I have a working environment and there is no pressure to change. I currently share the front end (keyboard, mouse, and monitor) between FreeBSD and an NT system. I bring up Messenger on NT and switch back to FreeBSD. Messenger sounds off when ever mail arrives and I just switch back to see what is there. I don't care what system I use for mail as long as I can access it from the three locations where I have computers. I can do it with NT but haven't figured out if I can also share on FreeBSD. I keep thinking that I would have to run Samba and I won't do that. I can't see setting up a Unix box and then make it emulate part of a Window environment when I have the real thing. I may share my file systems across NT and FreeBSD using NFS but that is a far as I will go. You can download the Unix enhancements for NT from Microsoft. So far, that hasn't even been needed because my needs are pretty unique on each. Kent > > On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > > >Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > >> > >> Well, then,let's get this started right! ;-) > >> Just what *is* the best unix mail client? I use pine, even though i know > >> it's for neophytes. Mutt seems like to much trouble unless you really > >> need threads. > > > >I check for a thread before I ever reply to an e-mail. I see far too > >many replies because people are processing the list mail serially. The > >problem is answered on Saturday but we see responses until the next > >Wednesday. This isn't bad but it does increases the noise level in the > >list. The problem with Ariel's e-mail, which prompted the original > >comment, is white space. You have it but he doesn't. I don't think > >that depends on the mail program but the operator. You need to make > >your replies stand out from the quoted material. When you don't use > >white space (a blank line), some one reading your reply can't tell if > >your response is a continuation of a folded line from Outlook Express > >or new material. I guess some mailer's make it easier than others. I > >don't use their defaults anyway and so it doesn't matter which one I > >use as long as I can sort by thread. > > > >Kent > > > >> > >> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote: > >> > >> >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> > > >> >> He's using Pine > >> > > >> >That explains a lot. > >> > > >> >/me runs from the inevitable mail client holy war. > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Ben Smithurst | PGP: 0x99392F7D > >> >ben@scientia.demon.co.uk | key available from keyservers and > >> > | ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk > >> > > >> > > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> -jonathon > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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