Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:43:21 +0530
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From: Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com>
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> > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:56:09 +0600 (LKT)
> > From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
> > 
> > On the other hand if you really want s *good* mailer not that utter
> > bugridden thrash that M$ likes to offer, please consider getting Pegasus
> > Mail (it is free) or PC Pine (also free).
> 
> I'd expect from the users of this forum to recommend Emacs instead ;-)
> It has several alternative email interfaces (I'm using one of them, as
> you can see from the headers of this message).
> 
> In my experience, it helps tremendously to have the same familiar
> editor and UI at your fingertips when reading mail.  For example, I
> can easily compile a sample program someone posts, look up a function
> docs in libc.info, search the FAQ, look inside a zip file--all without
> leaving the editor and having the mail message in front of me at all
> times.

That's right. And most importantly, it lets you apply patches so
easily ;-). Otherwise, just imagine what a PITA it would be applying
patches to 10 files.

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