On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > Hi! > > I've found that there is a cult following as far as mail agents and > editors are concerned. > A guy who uses vi rearely uses emacs and vice versa also a guy who uses > mutt rarely uses pine or any other mail agent.
Yeah, you said it. > I would like to discuss about mail agent here (I use vi and I love it ;) > > I use pine and it suffices most of my needs. then why do you want to change ? unless you are just itching to find out what lies beyond the horizon :-) > Has anyone used both pine and mutt extensively? I use mutt now but I used to use pine when I had a vsnl shell account. I personally prefer mutt. Far more configurable (though maybe pine users may not agree). Config files themselves can be configured to be one single .muttrc or you can have a whole set of text files that are sourced from a minimalistic .muttrc. If you are comfy w/ vi, you can use vi as your editor in mutt. > What in your opinon is more powerful and user friendly? > when I enter mutt the inital UI is not inviting and I'm forced to press > the q key :) http://www.mutt.org/ look for sample config files. Get the one by Telsa Gwynne. It is a simple file but long as it is heavily commented. You can also try Suresh Ramasubramanian's muttrc. It is also linked from the mutt website or go to http://www.hserus.net/ and follow the links. type mutt at the cli prompt, press c for changing mailboxes, choose your mailbox, <enter> and read your mail which I presume will be in your spool file. press ? for help. you may also want to subscribe to mutt-users mailing list. > I've read that mutt relies on .rc file editing. > I'm planning to learn mutt but I just don't want to be disappointed if I > figure out that there ain't much difference between pine and mutt. oranges and apples, both are fruits but..... :-) hth, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Mumbai, India. _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
