Mutt, probably installed by default by Debian.
Acts pretty much like Pine, except when it doesn't, but it's a
similar menu based text system.
Pine isn't Free as Debian defines it, pretty much because it's
license by U Washington is considered too controlling.
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Dan Robinson wrote:
> Meanwhile, back to the subject. I don't like GUIs, mice and icons. I
> thought if I had some simple programs like Lynx and Pine to run on
> Linux, where I could read and write messages offline, I could learn
> to use the rest of non-GUI Linux. Since Debian doesn't come with
> Pine, I tried to download it, using Lynx. It didn't specify a
> destination filename or directory. Later I couldn't find the file
> anywhere. Where might it be, or where will it be if I try again? Or
> do I need to specify the destination at the end of the DL?
>
> Further, on reading the literature, I saw nothing saying I could
> (or couldn't) use Pine on my dialup system, mostly offline, storing
> my messages locally, logging on only when I want to send a bunch. Can
> someone verify this? Or is there a non-GUI Linux alternative to Pine
> that will do this?
>
> Dan Robinson
> ----------
> > From: Tim Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1688] Re: Free Dmitry Sklyarov - Fight DMCA
> > Date: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:27 PM
> >
> > My God! I have found the local thinkers! Funny how they are often
> the
> > technologically curious...
> >
> > I think that the current extreme of these attitudes hit a high note
> with the
> > consolidation of most of the media companies. There are now very
> few voices
> > talking at us out of very many mouths. Also, less than a decade
> ago,
> > history repeated itself when most of the internet infrastructure
> was handed
> > over to private companies without asking the taxpayers (who funded
> it all)
> > what they though. These same companies and their Government
> spokesmen have
> > got the American public thinking that everything is best when it is
> making a
> > proffit for industry. The same thing happend with radio in the
> 30s...
> > I can suggest a reading list for those interested in democracy.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of
> > > Jacob Meuser
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:18 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1685] Re: Free Dmitry Sklyarov - Fight DMCA
> > > (skipped)
>
> > > > We have the most gullible and sheepish intellectual middle
> > > class in the world.
> > > >
> > > What do you expect, when our schools don't teach us to think, but
> to
> > > repeat "The Truth". I find it amusing that Plato was
> > > mentioned in this
> > > discussion. He said that to rule effectively, you had to
> propogate
> > > a "Golden Myth", a story (read LIE) that people would believe, so
> that
> > > they would happily go about their lives, and not cause problems
> (read
> > > THINK FOR THEMSELVES). In America, we have the Myth of
> Celebrity,
> > > the Myth of Wealth, and the ultra hippocritical Myth of
> > > Family Values.
> > >
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
>
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