> Much as I love Plan9, only a masochist would use it for email Interesting, thats me then I guess - though I have never thought of myself in those terms.
I send mail using mail(1)/marshal(1), never had a problem with it. To receive mail I use faces which I find much more useful than most modern apps, which insist on giving me sender and subject lists. When I look at my inbox I would rather have an icon of the sender, this I can access quickly to judge wether I need to read the mail now or defer it till later. Reading the (often cryptic) subject text or parsing the name (things like "The Dude") takes a mental switch. Looking at a picture of the culprit is better for my visually orientated brain. I also read email via imap on my iphone, which is useful but actually feels clunkier than plan9 to me - too much "pretty zooming windows" and not enough "just get on with it". What features do you need that plan9 is missing (honest question)? -Steve
