Stephan Engelke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Marshall paul writes:
>> _weeks_ to configure X. OK, I can surf, now, but I want email, too.)
>
>if everything fails, there's always /usr/bin/mail or /usr/bin/mailx.
>Console based Mailers include mutt and pine. Pine is quite straight
>forward to use, epecially if you are not accustomed to the vi editor.
>Mutt is IMHO more powerful and (for me) easier to use, but it uses vi
>as its default editor. You can of course configure it to use any
>editor (set editor=/usr/bin/<some obscure editor you like).
No - it defaults to /usr/bin/editor if you don't have anything set in
the .muttrc editor option or the $EDITOR or $VISUAL environment
variables. This may be vi or emacs or nano or whatever, depending on
what the /etc/alternatives/editor link points to on your system
('update-alternatives --display editor' to view, 'update-alternatives
--config editor' to change, or just change the symlink manually).
I agree that mutt is a good choice of mailer, though, if you want a
text-based one.
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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
