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- From: edmbv@alf.uib.no (Bj|rn Asle Valde)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.mime
- Subject: Re: Frequently asked questions about MIME
- Keywords: NeXT mime man-or-beast
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.152640.17486@alf.uib.no>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:26:40 GMT
- References: <1glu4rINNe3g@nigel.msen.com> <1992Dec16.134914.2910@ugle.unit.no>
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- In article <1992Dec16.134914.2910@ugle.unit.no> harald.alvestrand@delab.sintef.no writes:
- >Ed,
- >BEAUTIFUL!
- >But of course it needs some work.
-
- [..deleted..]
-
- >
- >I don't know enough about NeXT to know whether it is an UNIX or a strange
- >beast, though I suspect the latter....
- > ^^^^^^^
-
- Harald, if you delete one line in the NeXT's inittab (so that the
- windowing system doesn't start) you'll end up with something very
- close to 4.3BSD - It's definitely much cleaner than aix, ultrix,
- sunos and a few others that I've had the pleasure/horror (depending
- on mode and needs) to work with.
-
- I would not use a next if it didn't have the display postscript
- windowing system so I can't really recommend to not start the
- NeXTSTEP environment. The bundled gcc, gdb etc. is in my view
- a fine thing. I don't have time to install it on every machine I
- use so it's a good thing it's just there...
-
- The next have for a long time had a very nice, free, MIMEmailer.
- I use it every now and then instead of the next supplied "nextmail"
- with m-m extensions. I wish next would drop their m-m mail format
- in favour of MIME, and I've asked them to consider that option.
- Anyways, you can still do it the mime way if that's your choise.
-
- Harald, I don't think any of these factors make the next a beast.
- You can't really rely on what I say 'cause the company I work for
- sell next (among other un*x bokes)...
-
- Cheers ;-)
- >--
- > Harald Tveit Alvestrand
- >Harald.Alvestrand@delab.sintef.no
- >C=no;PRMD=uninett;O=sintef;OU=delab;S=alvestrand;G=harald
- >+47 7 59 70 94
-
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