on Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 06:20:07PM -0800, Eugene Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 06:39:45PM +0000, J McKitrick wrote:
> :
> :I just got in a debate over email clients, and my windows friend
> :argues anything i can do in mutt, he can do in TheBat! just as easily.
> :I checked the feature list, and it is extensive. Most of what mutt
> :offers, thebat offers. Why is the advantage of mutt, or any
> :text-based email client?
>
> - uses any editor you want (like any Unix mail client)
> - has extensive hook mechanism (although choice of actions isn't)
> - spawn subshells to do whatever
> - tags messages without moving them to another folder/mailbox
What is thebat like for speed? Mutt is very fast at reading and
sorting large mail folders.
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