where are did u find mutt 1.3 .. I am not finding any reference to this
version on mutt.org.. Infact i dont think the page has changed for a
long itme.. Any pointers will be certainly helpful..
Thanks
Anand
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:27:07PM +0530, Binand Raj S. wrote:
>>>>>> "Biju" == Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Biju> IIRC, you used to use mutt. How does VM compare? Any
> Biju> specific reason for shifting?
>
>Main reason - I couldn't get mutt 1.3.* to compile on FreeBSD (work
>platform ;-) when I joined here - problems with iconv, among other
>things (nothing a simple download/compile couldn't solve, mind you).
>
>Second reason - I always have an emacs session running (again, work
>related - remote editing and stuff). So I decided to shift to an emacs
>based mail client, instead of setting editor in mutt.
>
>How do they compare? They both have similar features. VM hangs on me
>occassionally, when it tries to render HTML email. But I think that is
>a problem with w3 (what VM uses for HTML mail). All this is on GNU
>Emacs - Raju can tell us how VM fares on XEmacs.
>
>I'd say tighter interaction with the rest of emacs is the primary
>advantage of VM - supercite, bbdb/lbdb, dictionary, ange-ftp, gud etc.
>
>Otherwise, there is not much difference. Anyone used to emacs will
>find VM very intuitive. Mutt's default is more vi like. Even the
>display looks similar, if you have pager_index_lines set in mutt.
>
>VM can have multiple POP accounts - mutt can have only one, I
>believe. But with fetchmail, who needs this feature in an MUA?
>
>Binand
>
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