Re: serious bug. Evolution and Microsoft mentality.
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:47:02AM -0800, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> I object to attempts to lock me in to a single MUA.
so do i. it's evil.
> While I'm evaluating I expect to be able to continue using Mutt until
> I am confident enough in Evolution to cut the umbilical cord.
i learnt long ago not to evaluate new MUAs on my main mailbox - or even
with my usual login account. strange new MUAs (especially GUI ones)
have a nasty habit of doing weird shit to mailboxes. they move it
around or "helpfully" convert it to their own non-standard format or
some other annoying thing.
to evaluate an MUA safely, create another account on your system (you
can have mail delivered to it by setting up .forward to CC your real
account's mail to it) and login as (or "su -" to) that userid before
running the MUA.
better yet, just stick with mutt. It Works<tm> :-)
craig
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craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
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