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- Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!socrates!jon
- From: jon@socrates.umd.edu (Jonathan Kruger)
- Subject: Re: Best Mail User Interface
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.013902.15108@socrates.umd.edu>
- Keywords: mail, popmail, editor
- Organization: University of Maryland University College
- References: <1992Jul22.130859.7760@news.nd.edu> <1992Jul22.150132.16245@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 01:39:02 GMT
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- khindria@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Vivek Khindria (CSU)) writes:
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- > You may consider Pine+Pico as an alternative to elm+vi for casual users.
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- >In article <1992Jul22.130859.7760@news.nd.edu> mandell@bach.helios.nd.edu (Dan Mandell) writes:
- >>We are setting up HP 9000/827S system to serve as academic
- >>system/mail server. For the casual user, elm+vi is not easy enough
- >>to learn. We are thinking of running Pop3 servers and clients for
- >>the PC users, but need something for folks with just terminal access.
- >>Is there a Pop3 Popmail Client application that runs under HPUX?
- >>Alternatively, is there a full screen editor that runs under HPUX that is
- >>easier to use than either Gnu Emacs or vi?
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- Having set up and tested Pine on our 9000/835 over the last couple
- days I can't recommend it highly enough. It builds and runs smoothly
- "right out of the box." It's available from ftp.cac.washington.edu.
-
- They're also working on a DOS port...
-
- --
- Jonathan Kruger jon@socrates.umd.edu UNIX & VMS Systems Staff
-
- If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll
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