On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:47:17AM -0400, Matthew P Szudzik wrote: > My understanding is that Mail (equivalently mail or mailx) is the > only email client that is in the OpenBSD default install. But Mail > does not handle MIME-encoded messages, so I was wondering what most > people use to read and send them.
I use Mutt, but have in the past used nmh (excellent), Gnus, and Sylpheed. > Do you download metamail and/or mpack from ports? Do you use a > different email client like nail, nmh, or pine? IIRC, there is a solution to reading MIME messages with Mail, but I do forget the precise method. > Why isn't there a MIME encoding/decoding solution in the default > install? (Or maybe there is, but I'm ignorant of it?) Why would you want a MIME encoding solution in the default installation? I mean, really, what do a large majority of systems need MIME for? I would guess most people who use MIME are end-users who want much more than the average Mail interface. It's just not a practical idea to put that extra overhead for such a little benefit. There are very adequate solutions in Ports, and they are easy to install. Server systems running lean and mean will likely have no use whatsoever for a MIME-enabled mail client. Plus, there is, for me, that little sense of tradition that says you don't want to see Pine or Mutt as the default mail client anyways on a UNIX system. It's like always making sure ed is around. :-) -- Aaron Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.aaronhsu.com> XMPP/Jabber/GTalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ: 153114301 AIM/Yahoo: NoorahAbeer | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
