Well you could tell Netscape to keep messages on server, so your wife will still have all e-mail she has read and the new ones. Then after about a week have download all the mail and take it off the server.
Thanks, Dan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not add me to you address book as it is very insecure, and I hate receiving viruses. If I am part of your address book please remove me. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Reinhardt Community Internet Access Inc Technical Support Voice: 1-505-863-2424 Fax: 1-505-722-6640 Internet: http://www.cia-g.com Homepage: http://www.cia-g.com/~dan502 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Dane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:58 PM Subject: combo GUI/text mail client > > Here's what I'd like to have: a mail client that I can access via a > nice, flashy GUI when I'm sitting at my desk, or via a simple > text-mode interface when I'm connecting remotely. > > Actually, it's my wife I'm primarily thinking about. She uses our > computer at home (Debian, natch) to read/send mail using Netscape. > She also occasionally connects from her parents' house, or from work > using ssh and getting a simple shell (text) interface. Right now, she > uses pine for this, but this sucks because: > > * netscape slurps up all read mail into its own 'nsmail' directory, > so she can only read new mail > > * netscape and pine don't (can't?) share addressbooks, so they either > get out of sync, or require more attention than one would like to > offer them > > I have been looking for such a beast, without any luck. Gnus works > pretty well for me, but as I'm trying to *stay* married, I'm unwilling > to inflict Gnus on my wife at this time. > > Any ideas? > > -- > > joe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
