> > The reason why PINE is not for everyone:
> > 1. PINE was written by the same people that brought you wu-ftpd. (One of
> > the buggiest *nix ftpd's that I know of.)
>
> PINE came from the University of Washington. WU-FtpD came from
> Washington University in St. Louis. They're not even in the same
> state, let alone the same people.
Yes, but they're similar enough to run together in the memory and I did
not take the precaution to check what I had. Someone else already let me
know of my error, but thank you just the same.
So it seems my lesson for today is: Check your data before you put your
foot in your mouth.
> > 2. PINE is text only and isn't necessarily intuitive for the end user.
> > (I only found out about 'Roles', which would be the equivalent of
> > personalities or profiles, in the past year or so.)
>
> It's menu-driven -- what's non-intuitive about that?
How PINE handles setting the configuration feels archaic. I don't know
about you, but to set something, I end up wading through several screens
of options and miss it the first time anyway.
If all you're doing is managing an address book or checking mail, it's not
too bad. However, it's still not the (comparatively) pretty iconograpic
point-and-click interface which is associated with 'user-friendly' and
'intuitive'. (Note: What's intuitive for me or you isn't necessarily
intuitive to the company secretary or the CFO.)
> > 3. PINE runs on *nix.
>
> Yes, it does. And PC-Pine runs on Windows*.
So that takes care of the portability issue.
How would you compare the security of PC-Pine to PINE on *nix? Is PC-Pine
just a port of PINE to Windows* or is there added functionality? Do you
think there's anything in the port (or anything that may have been added)
that could make it any more or less secure than running it on a *nix
server?
Sincerely,
Chris Ess
System Administrator / CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician)
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