Because it's an excellent host-based *text-mode* mail client. 10-15 years ago, "green-screen" terminals ruled the non-PC Universe, and Pine was the top dog mail reader.
Taking into consideration that I have IMAP on my PC, and fetchmail automatically grabs my email every 6 minutes and feeds it to Postfix, which spam-filters it and then drops it into the various IMAP folders, here's when I'd use Pine in 2005... If I had to ssh into my machine from a remote system. Of course, Evolution is *fat*, Pine is very light-weight, there are people who need a light-weight mailer, and then there are people who just like Pine, having used it for so long. And then there are those who enjoy being anachronistic. On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 18:02 +0000, Paddy Hackett wrote: > Thanks a million Ron. However why then is Pine used and even advocated. > I know at several people who prefer and use Pine. > Paddy Hackett > ========= > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 11:50 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:23 +0000, Paddy Hackett wrote: > > > What is the advantage, if any, of Evolution over Pine. > > > > It's easier to configure. > > > > It's got an integrated calendar. > > > > It's got integrated task lists. > > > > It can attach to Lotus Notes and MS Exchange servers. > > > > It can create HTML mail! (Well, ok, that's a negative...) > > > > > How do I get pine > > > to receive mail rather than just send it > > > > Google for the answer, and then ask the *pine* mailing list. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years." Tallulah Bankhead _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
