=- Derek Martin wrote on Fri 27.Jul'12 at 13:38:38 -0500 -=
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:51:54AM +0200, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote:
> > Just of curiosity, why are mutt moving away from a mua to a full email
> > program with mail fetching and mail sending.
>
> {...} and because the internet landscape has made it hard for
> users to run their own services (thank you, spammers).
Using built-in SMTP-client or a standalone SMTP-client doesn't make a
difference for the ISP, it can't tell what software executes the SMTP.
> It's really not reasonable to expect or ask users to be fully
> knowledgable about setting up and maintaining a full-fledged MTA
> just so they can send e-mail. It's way out of the scope of most
> people's needs.
a) Popular distros provide easy to use MTA support.
b) being totally dumb about how eMail works isn't desirable either. ;)
> {...} but then users need to learn how to configure many different
> applications with completely different configuration mechansims,
> instead of just one consistent one. In this day and age, it's too
> much to ask.
Heh. :)
Why is it now but worked before?
Has humankind been dumbed down?
Should we support this trend? ;)
> Computers are meant to work for humans, not the other way around.
Nothing wrong with that, but somebody has to make the computers work.
Why not everybody for her/himself?
> But there are times when one giant monolithic application with a
> simple interface and reasonable defaults really is what you need.
There are enough of this kind around, mutt needs/ed not to become
another one of them.
Don't get _me_ wrong: ;)
I like things to be simple & easy to use, too.
But within its own area of operation.
I prefer modular solutions to use them as _I_ like them, gives me
more power, less dependence on fixed or not easily changed features.
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