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Friday, November 19, 1999, 11:31:07 PM, Thomas wrote:
> 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.
Yes, this is the problem with people like Steve, they aren't
stupid,
just very irritating. You have to balance if the information
received
is worth the anti-social behavior that generally accompanies it.
I'd also like to note that from my experience a "Steve" ages very
well and becomes a considerable asset. I can't wait! 8^)
Generally speaking if a "Steve" does make some good points someone
that is willing to deal with his behavior will comment on it and the
rest of us will get the good parts without the bad parts via quoted
replies.
Thank you for being willing to be that person.
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.
I agree, the more a program is based on hooks into the code and the
more modular the code the more customizable it will be and in general
the better the program will be accepted because it can be customized
to meet "my" needs.
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