mutt

Janina Sajka janina at afb.net
Sun Feb 3 13:39:52 EST 2002


Charley:

First, let's be sure it's actually installed. Do:

which mutt

If it tells you it's there, it's a configuration issue. If it isn't there, 
then find the correct CD ROM and do rpm -iv mutt*

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, charles crawford wrote:

> Janina,
> 
> 	Thanks.  The problem is when I try to run Mutt by typing mutt at
> the command line, I get nothing.  Is there something else i should be
> doing?
> 
> -- charlie.
> 
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Charley:
> >
> > Mutt is included in the Redhat install.
> >
> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:
> >
> > > Where did you get Mutt from?
> > >
> > > -- charlie.At 12:08 PM 02/02/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >Well, all I can say is that, until today, I hadn't used pine for probably
> > > >five years.  I also have never used mutt until today.
> > > >
> > > >So, lets just assume for the moment that I'm not an expert on either mailer,
> > > >which I'm not.  On a blind friendlyness scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the
> > > >highest and 1 is the lowest, I'd put pine at about a 4 or 5.  That is to say
> > > >that, it can be used, but it really is designed to be more graphical than we
> > > >need it to be and, while you can configure some stuff to make it better, the
> > > >defaults make it a little difficult.
> > > >
> > > >Mutt, on the other hand, has a brief menu of commands at the top of each
> > > >screen.  They don't pack enough in there to make it hard to understand; and,
> > > >my only regret was that I couldn't figure out how to turn that menu off.
> > > >The only reason I'd want to do that, by the way, is because I have to listen
> > > >to that menu at the beginning of any message.  Of course, there is probably
> > > >something that can be done to make that better, but I'm not an expert.
> > > >
> > > >Never-the-less, it was a joy to operate in the first five minutes or so,
> > > >which pine definetly was not.
> > > >
> > > >I'm not sure what version my isp is running, but I'll have to go and grab
> > > >the source code some time and have a look through it.
> > > >
> > > >Also, by default, the cursor tracks the bar in mutt, at least that is the
> > > >way my isp had it set up.  Having not tried it on my own machine, I don't
> > > >know.
> > > >
> > > >Anyway, for what its worth, I think its cool.
> > > >
> > > >73,
> > > >Chris Peterson, KG0BP
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > > >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > >Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:49 AM
> > > >Subject: Re: mutt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Well, the big difference, arguably, is the license. Mutt is GPL.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Chris Peterson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just got through with playing with mutt for the first time.  I love
> > > >it!
> > > > > > It seems so much better than pine.  Can anyone point out the differences
> > > > > > between pine and mutt?  Anyone use elm?  I used that for years and loved
> > > >it.
> > > > > > I think I'd like mutt better, though.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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