On Thursday 06 February 2003 02:03 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > Hm... went to see both Pines & Mutts web sites. Wondered ppl's opinions on > both & which is more newbie friendly. > > Basically I want to learn either one (whichever is easier for now) just so > that again I can use an email client on any system anywhere to retrieve > mail. Plus I'm curious to see how a text based client handles things. :) > > Ya theres a trend here... its called "Learn things on the CLI & bang your > head against a wall for a while till you know this stuff cold. And you can > do this anywhere/anytime on any system." :) > > Heh same question in the vein of the emacs/vi post. Sorry if ppl feel like > i'm wasting bandwith but I have done some research on this & I am not > entirely clear on which one would suit better to learn on. Besides, > learning is fun! Or so I'm told... :D > > ------------- > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert
Well an answer from me will be one from a free software proponent. Pine is not free software--if you use it your computer is no longer yours Mutt is free software Civileme
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