On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
Hi!
I've found that there is a cult following as far as mail agents and editors are concerned. A guy who uses vi rearely uses emacs and vice versa also a guy who uses mutt rarely uses pine or any other mail agent.
Yeah, you said it.
I would like to discuss about mail agent here (I use vi and I love it ;)
I use pine and it suffices most of my needs.
then why do you want to change ? unless you are just itching to find out what lies beyond the horizon :-)
Has anyone used both pine and mutt extensively?
I use mutt now but I used to use pine when I had a vsnl shell account. I personally prefer mutt. Far more configurable (though maybe pine users may not agree). Config files themselves can be configured to be one single .muttrc or you can have a whole set of text files that are sourced from a minimalistic .muttrc. If you are comfy w/ vi, you can use vi as your editor in mutt.
What in your opinon is more powerful and user friendly? when I enter mutt the inital UI is not inviting and I'm forced to press the q key :)
look for sample config files. Get the one by Telsa Gwynne. It is a simple file but long as it is heavily commented. You can also try Suresh Ramasubramanian's muttrc. It is also linked from the mutt website or go to http://www.hserus.net/ and follow the links.
type mutt at the cli prompt, press c for changing mailboxes, choose your mailbox, <enter> and read your mail which I presume will be in your spool file. press ? for help.
you may also want to subscribe to mutt-users mailing list.
I've read that mutt relies on .rc file editing. I'm planning to learn mutt but I just don't want to be disappointed if I figure out that there ain't much difference between pine and mutt.
oranges and apples, both are fruits but..... :-)
hth,
Sharukh.