Hi Steve,
on Saturday, November 20, 1999, 8:37:02 AM GMT+0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
SL> MUA stands for Mail Use Agent or Messaging User Agent. MTA is for Mail
SL> Transfer agent. There is a third, MDA, which stands for Mail Delivery Agent.
[very good explanation skipped}
For all those who have put Steve on the kill filter, please note that
you've missed something very educational.
SL> A lot of people have argued that an editor and a spell checker (for
SL> example) are required in producing mail and thus should be reimplemented by
SL> the authors of each individual email client. A lot of other people argue that
SL> separate tasks should be handled by separate programs. So how do I reconcile
SL> the need to combine some tasks (MUA/MTA/MDA) but not others (editor/spell
SL> checker) into an email client?
FYI rumours have it that the well-advertised Version 2 will have an
option "use external editor". I think you will agree with me that
this would make everybody happy.
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Best regards,
Thomas.
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