On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 01:02:01AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
> But what is an email client if not a tool for processing text?
It is a tool for processing *messages*. It is not a tool for processing
text. It operates at a much higher level than text.
> If it
> can't be bothered to build in a reasonable mail composition tool, then
> why bother?
A mail composition tool is different from a text editor. A MUA *must*
provide a reasonable mail composition tool. And the two that I am most
familiar with - mutt and thunderbird - do so. Thunderbird also includes
a text editor. It's not a very good text editor, and I have yet to find
out how to conveniently replace it with something better. Mutt, on the
other hand, doesn't include a bad text editor, the author being sensible
enough to let you re-use whichever editor you prefer.
Consequently, I generally only use thunderbird to *read* mail.
> I'm tired of assembling my own toolkits.
That's fine, mutt will do the assembly for you.
> I just want things to Work.
Then you want to use a tried and tested editor, as opposed to one that
someone felt compelled to throw in to the mix just because there's
somehow something wrong with reusing a pre-existing one.
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