Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:25:42 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pine alternative? Message-ID: <7D73DF31-8555-4704-AF8C-3EECE58CA489@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <20050825174857.Q70469@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <430DE7FB.7000606@calarts.edu> <20050825174857.Q70469@maren.thelosingend.net>
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If you plan to use the Maildir format, while it's possible for Pine to support this, it doesn't natively... Mutt does. On Aug 25, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > > * Sean Murphy [2005-08-25 08:47 -0700] > >> We have been using pine for years on our Sun Solaris box. We are >> in the >> process of moving to FreeBSD. I installed Pine from an updated >> ports >> collection and received a message about pine not being very >> secure. Is >> anyone using an alternative to pine that can also read pine's >> folders and >> addresses? I need it to be compatible as we still have many >> users with lots >> of data in pine. >> > > > I guess mutt would do. But be aware that the notice is warning you > about > Pine's previous security history. All known security holes are > fixed, and > if you plan on keeping your system up-to-date (by e.g keeping track of > portaudit etc), you should be alright. > > > Svein Halvor > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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