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- From: jon@nutz.demon.co.uk (Jonathan Rhys Evans)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 03:48:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <2199.6586T195T973@nutz.demon.co.uk>
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- X-NNTP-Posting-Host: nutz.demon.co.uk
- X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP)
-
- On 02-Jan-96 00:10:52 in message <19960102.452F60.CA7@ao059.du.pipex.com>
- "Mathew Hendry" wrote about "Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?":-
- >Fred Heitkamp (fheitka@ibm.net) wrote:
- >: John Kelly (jkay@ragtime.vnet.net) wrote:
-
- >The TCP/IP interface is of course defined. The problems arise because there
- >are so many different methods available to transfer news and mail. Some
- >programs (e.g. THOR) try to integrate lots of these different methods into
- >one package, which is probably a good thing if you are just starting out and
-
- The only reason why I installed Thor was because it offered a good GUI for
- news which I hadn't seen in any other program, it had the added bonus of
- copeing with email.
-
- >Voodoo, on the other hand, concentrates on one thing - producing a nice
- >environment to read and reply to your mail. By leaving all the other parts of
- >the process to other programmers, the author can devote all his time to just
-
- VooDoo is nice, but still not being able to get other programs to work is a real
- pain. I'm getting really pissed off with the Amiga situation when comparing it
- to other platforms, it sucks. I want to be able to use a system where I can
- write an install script etc for use with a local IASP which incorporates
- email and news easily. ATM the only one that comes close is Thor.
-
- >you (the user) are never going to use. The downside for the user is that he
- >has to configure all these external programs himself, and although the Voodoo
-
- Very, very true ! The real reason why I'm pissed off is because soo much
- reliance is given upon environment variables and a UU config for so many
- programs.
-
-
- >In the end, which you choose is up to your personal taste, your existing
- >setup, and your ability to set new programs up. YMMV
-
- Hmm, and the only real system I'm used to is Graham Walters programs for
- use with Demon, ie mailkick, in.smtpd, which prodominantely use uulib,
- uumail, uuspool, uumail, and a config file.
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