On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:17:25PM +0100, Yven Johannes Leist wrote: > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:28, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.10.0354 +0100]: > > > > Nobody said to drop features. You are adding. We are not even going to > > > > start to compare Netscape to mutt! > > > > > > Geez. Pay attention. > > > > > > You suggested that I use mutt. > > > > > > How would that _not_ drop whatever features my current (non-mutt) MUA > > > has? > > > > > > (In general, the suggestion "use modern mailer" isn't all that helpful > > > when the members of that set aren't full replacements for currently > > > used software.) > > > > I am tired of this thread! > > > > Think for yourself and don't reply: what feature does netscape have > > that mutt doesn't? and if it's the GUI, then look at evolution, > > sylpheed, or mulberry! > > You've obviously never had to abandon a program you used for a very long time > and that you've taken a strong liking to for whatever reasons, or your > mentality is quite different from mine. I quite often find even simple > upgrades from one major version to the other annoying because things I got > used to have changed and I have to adapt to them. > Note that I do not think that "my mailer doesn't support it so I do not have > to go to the trouble of changing the recipients by hand" is a good argument > and Daniel obviously realized that, but just saying "hey, it's old anyway so > just switch to something newer" seems at least slightly out of touch with > reality to me...
Sometimes change is good. I was quite proficient with DOS (Dr-DOS/Novell DOS + 4dos, Win 3.11) but made the switch to linux. Why? Because it was better. It was 1994 so I installed Slackware. Later, I moved to Debian? Why? Because it was better. Ever since I encountered pine at college (on SCO; yuck) I used that as my email client. However, in 1998 I switched to mutt. Was it easy? No. Am I glad I did it? Yes! (because ... it was better :-) Rejecting change simply because it causes some pain is short sighted. I could go on and on, using examples like network protocols, but I think you get the point. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]