Re: make mutt the `standard' mail reader
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:47:20PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 10:25:58AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> > > People prolly are still using it. Note that mutt is NOT a user friendly
> > > MUA to configure at this time. If that changes mutt will have a good
> >
> > Huh? It's easy enough IMHO and much more flexible than elm.
>
> I use mutt for most of my own e-mail :-)
>
> However, it is not easy to set up. It requires config file editing for most
> anything. I have no doubt that one day, it will have nice beginner modes
> and config menus like Elm, but until then, I don't think it's appropriate to
> switch. However, it's not a big deal for me, but I think it is for newbies.
>
Even in its default state, mutt is still quite usable. Besides (from what
I can remeber) elm also requires a bit of conf file editting to do some serious
customization.
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