Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:49:41 -0500 From: Chris Petrovitch <cpetrovi@purdue.edu> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which mutt?? Message-ID: <43231CB5.6000601@purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050910174139.GA39629@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <43231860.6020902@purdue.edu> <20050910174139.GA39629@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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aah thanks! installing mutt-devel now Erik Trulsson wrote: >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. > > > >
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