Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:41:39 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Chris Petrovitch <cpetrovi@purdue.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which mutt?? Message-ID: <20050910174139.GA39629@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <43231860.6020902@purdue.edu> References: <43231860.6020902@purdue.edu>
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 12:31:12PM -0500, Chris Petrovitch wrote: > Hey, sorry about hte newbie question. > > I want to install mutt but what is the difference between them? > > mutt This is a stable but somewhat oldish release of mutt. > mutt-devel This is a development version of mutt. Is newer and has more features than plain mail/mutt, but has possibly more bugs too. > mutt-lite This is the same program as mail/mutt but with several optional features turned off. > mutt-ng This is a branch of mutt, that tries to incorporate various patches that are floating around. What I wrote above about mail/mutt-devel applies here too, only more so. > mutt_vc_query Seems to be some utility for mutt to handle vCard stuff; not mutt itself. Personally I use mail/mutt-devel and am quite happy with it. At this point in time mail/mutt-ng feels a bit too experimental for my taste while mail/mutt is a bit too old and lacks some features I like. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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