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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:33:56 -0500
From:      Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>
To:        "Thomas (Matt) Barton" <matt@fear.net>
Cc:        Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com>, freeBSD Mailing List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PINE -> checking for email
Message-ID:  <20010425173356.A486@cec.wustl.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104251728530.5761-100000@fear.net>; from matt@fear.net on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:31:38PM -0400
References:  <20010425172523.B75534@cec.wustl.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104251728530.5761-100000@fear.net>

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On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:31:38PM -0400, Thomas (Matt) Barton wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote:
> 
> > Or you can do like me, and have things the cool way. I used to use
> > fetchmail with mutt, but for some reason, fetchmail stopped working
> > with my server. Rather than dick around with the moron administrators
> > that always seem to work on university networks, I simply set up my
> > own mailserver, and got myself a free hostname from dyndns.org. They
> > give you an MX entry with that. This way, I just create a .forward on
> > the mail server, and enjoy local UNIX mail the way it was intended. :)
> 
> Very ideal setup there.  <grin>
> 
> > PS: I would suggest you try out mutt, even if not for POP3. I used to
> > use pine, but mutt is much more configurable, and is all-around better
> > than pine.
> 
> Not to start a Pine vs. Mutt war here, but Mutt may be the overall better
> mailer; however, the mail editor built in to Pine rocks.  I haven't found
> anything better.  I'm anal, I guess.  I'd like to know if something better
> does exist, though -- but I feel like an old man (okay, I'm 24), and set
> in my ways with Pine.  <old man frown>

Well, the beauty of mutt is that you can use any editor you want. I have
mine configured to use vim, wrap text at 72 characters, and do some
extra stuff. If you're one of those punks who likes emacs, well, you can
use that too. :p

-- 
Andrew Hesford
ajh3@chmod.ath.cx

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