Re: [leafnode-list] OT: PINE alternatives (was: Leafnode and Pine?)

[John Perry <perry@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    > security relevance ("huh, we don't fix this exploit, it's not in root
    > mode" -- in IMAPD, Mark Crispin on Bugtraq), and the track of PINE
    > bugs is long and bloody. That software is an unmaintainable and
    > unconfigurable piece of crap.

        I'm starting to figure this out for myself. I've recently resigned
from the Pine development group.

    > My favourite mailer has been mutt ever since, my newsreader is Gnus
    > (w/ Emacs). I like Roland Rosenfeld's .muttrc and keybind, it's a
    > thorough, well-documented and well-structured kick start. Gnus speaks
    > for itself.

        I tried Mutt but the main pproblem I had was that I couldn't get it
to use a "just black and white" scheme. I.E. no colors at all. Also the
PGP/MIME standard they selected was the one they voted on and isn't in wide
use.

    > Other people might prefer Sylpheed or Balsa as mailer and Pan or slrn
    > or tin as newsreader. (Gnus can also be a mailer, but it does not yet
    > support PGP/MIME integration which bites too bad for mail.)

        I have all of the mentioned newsreaders. The reason I stuck with
Pine for so long is that it was "integrated". I could read my mail and news
under a common client. I'm hoping to achieve the same with Gnus.

        BTW if you know how to explain to me how to get Gnus th work with a
procmail directory, I'd be thrilled. The docs don't explain it well.

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