>> I confess: I use Netscape Messenger ... being new to Linux I still did
>> not decide yet which one of these *real* cool mail readers to setup
>> ...pine? ... mutt? ... what are the differences ( ... no sense in
>> telling me this or that one is to difficult for a Newbie, cos this will
>> only make the more keen on the more difficult choice :))? ... what are
>>
>
>pine and mutt are text only so forget html if you need that but they do have
>alot of features i understand...sorry i need a decent gui..:)ha...
Pine can view HTML in a manner similar to Lynx. It can also launch an
external viewer for HTML or any other MIME body parts (images, documents,
etc).
I used Pine, XfMail, XCmail, Netscape, and Balsa for several months
each. Yesterday I switched back to Pine for several reasons:
- It's fast. None of the GUI clients can match a text-based interface for
speed, especially after you learn the keyboard shortcuts.
- LDAP support. I run an LDAP server for a shared household address
book. LDAP beats having an address book for each application. LDAP is also
supported by Netscape, but Netscape is too slow and buggy for my taste.
- Features. Pine beats most of the competition for flexibility.
- Stability. Pine has never crashed on me in several years of
use. Never. It's a mature product that just works well.
I run Pine from my GNOME panel using a command that sets a reasonable
window size and font. Pine automatically displays reply text in a
different color for each level of reply. It can automatically lookup
addresses on an LDAP server and optionally add the results to your
personal address book. It has spell checking and so many customization
options that you'll probably need to read the included technotes.txt file
to understand them all.
Mutt may be a contender, but I have not used it enough to learn the
keyboard shortcuts and features.
Tony
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