Simon, et al -- ...and then Simon White said... % % functionality "retired" in favour of good IMAP support and a HOWTO for % fetchmail included in the Mutt distribution package?
Since mutt doesn't have the ability to send mail itself, but depends on an MTA, I think it makes perfect sense to not bother with "receiving" mail itself, and I'm all for tossing out that chunk of code. How many people actually use mutt's pop and that's it for getting their messages, other than newbies who try it first and then realize that they should use a real downloading program? I don't think we should bother with a fetchmail HOWTO just like we don't bother with a sendmail HOWTO, but *perhaps* pointers to web sites for fetchmail and getmail as well as sendmail, qmail, postfix, exim, ssmtp, and maybe a few others (or maybe only one or two, but I don't want to start a "no, list MY favorite MTA!" flame war :-) would cover the right amount of ground. % % -- % [Simon White. vim/mutt. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIMPS:76.25% see www.mersenne.org] % Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build % bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce % bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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