[Gllug] Evolution won't fetch my mail (Help)

[Nix]

On Tue, 06 Aug 2002, Tethys stated:
> 
> Nix writes:
>>This does *not* make me more willing to use it :(
> 
> Agreed. There are other reasons, too, though. I'm concerned about
> Ximian's approach to security ("just download this file from the
> net and pipe it into a root shell"),

Um, do we know who came up with that idea? If they're not involved
with Evolution we can feel a bit safer ;)

>                                      and I have grave doubts about
> Evolution having a virus-free future.

If it has no scripting we're reasonably safe, modulo buffer overflows.

>                                       But apart from that, I *need*
> an email client that supports a text only mode, for those times when
> I'm logged in remotely with an 80x25 terminal emulator (and when X11

Likewise. I tend to leave my XEmacs running when I go away and just
gnuclient it up when necessary. (Close my mail client? What a strange
suggestion: whyever would I want to do that?)

>                                       The ability to read my mail
> by sshing into my home machine from an internet cafe while in Canada
> was something I wouldn't want to give up. So to that end, I'm using
> MH.

Likewise, but s/MH/Gnus/ :)

but then I know you're a vi heathen so I'll not try to tempt you
with the wondrous overfeaturedom of Gnus.

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