On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:22:03PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian muttered:
> Charles Curley proclaimed on mutt-users that:


> >>   Get up and running with mutt
> >>   
> >>    Mutt will work out of the box, but there are a few things which may
> >>    have to be tweaked. For example, you might want to get your mail via
> >>    POP from within Mutt - then you need to install it such that it
> >>    contains the code for POP support. Other installation options add code
> >>    for colored text, use of Gnu regular expressions, and protocols such
> >>    as GSS, IMAP, PGP, SSL. However, quite a lot of these tweaks will be
> >
> >Is PGP a protocol? I know there is an RFC, but don't tknow its
> >status. Also, as a rule you should spell out an acronym the first time the
> 
> That text was added by Sven - I'm not sure whether it's a _protocol_ as
> such.

OK, then perhaps, " Other installation options add code for features such
as colored text, Gnu regular expressions, GSS, IMAP, PGP, and SSL.




> 
> >reader encounters it. For example: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), Secure
> >Sockets Layer (SSL). Acronyms are also excellent candidates for a
> >glossary.
> 
> There _is_ a glossary under construction.  Said glossary will also include
> a lot of *nix terminology I don't want to explain in the main text (stuff
> like $home, configure, make, rpm and such)

Excellent. We'll have lots to carp about, er, look over. I'm looking
forward to it.



> 
> >>    PINE, I'd just not bother trying them at all :)
> >
> >Insert period (.) at the end: trying them at all. :)
> 
> OK. :)
> ^^^^^^
> Like this? :)

Yep. :)


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