I must concur with a previous post, that I do not like mail clients that
create one or even two files for each message that comes in and out.
Especially becuase of the DOS FAT filesystem, and the famous ``like it or
not at least one cluster'' problem -- a lot of tiny files takes up a lot
more disk space they they should. One file with a lot of messages in it
is a lot more efficient on disk space.
Also, I still use readmail to automatically ``undigest'' and read the messages
of a digest like the arachne-digest one message at a time. I love the
ability to do that. With a one-file-per-message format, I would have to
split the arachne digest into lots of tiny tiny files to read them that
way. Readmail not only does it while keeping N messages in one file, but
it threads them by topic, like a newsreader.
By the way the ``alternate'' mail reader for arachne I could not think of was
PostHaste by Hoody. I do not know how it differs from insight, concerning
file format, or even if it is still available.
I am surprised not to be able to find POP/SMTP mail transports for dos that
will send or receive mail messages in a single file. So far, I have only
found the wattcp program, popdump -- which dumps all the messages on your
mail server to one file (in a sumwhat funky format, e.g., ``Getting Message
#4). Now if I can find a program that sends like that, Im set.
The popular mail transports like smtpop12, again transfer files, one file
per message (in pegasus ``glue'' format no less).
Any tips? There is supposed to be a wattcp mail transport that meets my
desires.
