From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fox-host189.dsl.visi.com ([208.42.144.189] helo=fox.sector14.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16X9q0-000185-00 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 18:44:52 -0500 Received: from greatmachine ([199.17.219.218]) by fox.sector14.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g12NitX33332 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:44:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from capeterson@visi.com) Message-ID: <000701c1ac43$7279b650$6801030a@greatmachine> From: "Chris Peterson" To: References: <006101c1ac14$9aa73fa0$6801030a@greatmachine> <20020202224632.GA441@kb5elv> Subject: Re: mutt Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:43:41 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Buddy, Could you send me that .muttrc? Thanks! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: Re: mutt > OK, let's see... > > PINE is not GPL, far as I can see. Basically you get source, but you > don't really have the permission to distribute modified versions. > > Last I saw (as of 2000, last I looked); elm was at version 2.5PL3--it > may be further than that. Debian last distributed version 2.4PL25, but > I believe Slackware had a version 2.5-something as of 7.1. > > Oh, check that out. According to freshmeat, the latest version of elm > is elm 2.5.6. So I guess it isn't as dead as all that after all. > > Here's what Freshmeat says about where to get it: > > Homepage: > http://www.instinct.org/elm/ > Tar/GZ: > ftp://ftp.virginia.edu/pub/elm/elm2.5.6.tar.gz > Changelog: > http://instinct.org/elm/files/untarred/elm2.5.6/Changes > Mailing list archive: > http://mailhost.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/warc/elm-users.html > Mirror site: > http://instinct.org/elm/files/ > > BTW, I am a happy user of mutt, previously a user of elm, never > thought pine was very intuitive and just didn't like it. Could be > mostly because I'd been using elm since the beginning of time (or at > least, 1992, anyway). I have a spiffy .muttrc (thanks, Raul!) that > gets rid of the menu bar, and headers are trimmed to nearly > nothing. And with the URLview program as well, it's easy to get most > URL's extracted for viewing from inside the mailer (launching lynx or > whatever). We like mutt a whole lot...it's supplanted elm as my mailer > of choice in a *ix environment. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | I choose you to take up all of my time. > Email: davros@ycardz.com | I choose you because you're funny and kind > | I want easy people from now on. > | --the Nields > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >