On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Steve Lamb wrote:
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> Thursday, August 24, 2000, 12:19:06 PM, Will wrote:
> > maybe this is the snag you're caught on:
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> Nope, it isn't where I am getting caught on.
>
> > in the unix paradigm (which linux inhereted/cloned) the idea is to
> > make modules that serve a certain task, and string those modules
> > together to Do What You Want.
>
> Right. However in certain cases that paradigm breaks down. This is one
> of those cases.
>
> > which somecommand
> > less `!!`
>
> Feh. less `which somecommand`. Of course there are problems with find .
> - -atime +30 rm \{\} \; but we won't go into that other than to say it is
> another fine example of why that paradigm breaks down at some point.
>
> > that's what fetchmail/exim/mutt do -- each plays a part in getting,
> > distributing and viewing the email.
>
> Which, as I have pointed out, is broken in certain circumstances.
>
> > since to use a mail client/mua, you hafta be logged in (i.e. have
> > an account, may as well yank all your remote accounts (fetchmail) and
> > plop them into your verious mail folders (exim/procmail) and read each
> > group in its own isolated environment (mutt) so you can wear the
> > appropriate hat for the appropriate subject at hand.
>
> First off, procmail is redundant. I love people who talk about exim and
> procmail in the same breath as if procmail is needed. Second procmail and
> mutt do not offered its own isomated environment. If you had read this
> thread, you would by now understand that. As I said, it breaks down after a
> certain point.
>
> > modularity, the clarion call of unix... we see it as A Good Thing.
>
> Yes, it is a good thing. Breaking down too far is a bad thing. It is
> finding that medium breakpoint that is the problem, isn't it?
>
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Don't you guys think you have beaten this thing into the ground. Enough
already. Give it a rest. I don't think you are ever going to get through to
Mr. Lamb. If you are that unhappy about mail on UNIX/Linux do something
about it otherwise give my inbox a rest, eh.
Dan
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