Adam Scriven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AS> I've been thinking (dangerous) recently about what I'd like in a news AS> and e-mail reader. AS> AS> I'd like them both to be X based, for the most part, but it would be AS> handy if there was a secondary curses (or other console) based AS> interface, for when I telnet into my box remotely.
You might try one of the Emacs-based mail/news readers. I've grown to be a Gnus addict in recent years. If I'm logged on an X display, I can run it in an X-based xemacs session, but if I'm not, 'xemacs -nw -f gnus' works just as well for tty-mode. AS> On a similar vein, can anyone recommend a good GUI news reader (I'm AS> thinking about knews, but the review I read of it said it can't handle AS> inline images very well), and a good, eudora-like e-mail reader? Recent versions of Gnus have fairly good MIME support. I'm using Gnus 5.8.7 with no problems. Downsides of Gnus: it only runs inside Emacs; if you have an aversion to Emacs, it's not for you. It almost requires elisp hacking to make it work the way you want it to. It's not terribly attractive or pointy-clicky. It has a kind of steep learning curve. MIME and encryption don't play well together at all. Miscellaneous advantages of Gnus: it runs inside Emacs; if Emacs is your primary religion, Gnus could be for you. You can make it do almost whatever you want with sufficient elisp hacking. Gnus can read mail, news, various Web-mail services, Slashdot, and legacy mailbox files, all with a more-or-less consistent interface. Recent versions of Gnus have offline reading support and MIME support (both sending and receiving). -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
