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Re: alternatives for MUA and NUA?



>>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:

    Hamish> On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 09:20:12AM +1100, Brian May wrote:
    >> How about defining a standard interface and using wrapper
    >> scripts to convert the parameters?

    Hamish> OK, but what problem are we trying to solve with this
    Hamish> solution?  ie what is the advantage of /etc/alternatives
    Hamish> for MUAs anyway?

Programs like reportbug, netscape, err I mean Mozilla, etc, wouldn't
have to be manually configured for a default MUA. Nor would these
programs have to support every MUA on the planet. Have a look at
/etc/reportbug.conf for a sample of what I am talking about.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>


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