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Re: Pine & fetchmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Wed Nov 25 20:32:48 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:31:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jeff Williamson wrote:
> tryin' to learn both Pine & fetchmail to wean myself from the MS experience. no problem
> using either app, but is it necessary to use both?
> i mean, can i use pine to retrieve mail as well as send?
>
> btw, is pine the generally agreed upon (yeah, right!) mail client for
> linux?
Jeff,
No and no. Mail requires four components: one to fetch the mail from your
ISP (e.g., fetchmail); one to distribute and forward mail both incoming and
outgoing (MTA; e.g., sendmail, smail, qmail); one to distribute mail from
the MTA to individual users (e.g., procmail) and one to let the user read
and write messages (MUA; e.g., pine, elm, mail).
Pine might be the most talked about but all are used. Like programming
editors, mail user agents are a religious experience.
Rich
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