On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 09:52:56AM -0700, Martin Siegert wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 09:03:04AM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote: > > * Martin Siegert [02-07-10 08:34:56 +0200] wrote:
[...] > > I wouldn't replace it. I would let the users choose their > > MUA. > > This is undesirable: pine is a nightmare to maintain (hard-coded paths, etc.) > and, more importantly, a reoccuring security problem. We have to get > rid of elm, because we want to get rid of NFS exported mail spools. > Thus, we want to switch to pop/imap exclusively. > Without those reasons I wouln't even consider switching to mutt with > all its undesirable consequences (i.e., faculty members complaining > about not being able to use their favorite email reader). "I can't open my favorite security flaw anymore! What happened?" [...] > Yes, I know. The problem starts when a user decides that (s)he does > not like the settings I choose in Muttrc. What's "(s)he"? Couldn't find it in my dictionary. [...] > Not that important. The options menu should only contain the most > basic settings. The expert can edit ~/.muttrc. This would especially be bloat if it was integrated within mutt. :o) External programs should do this. > > > Thus, the question is: has anybody expanded mutt to > > > include something like an option menu that can be called > > > from within mutt? > > > > Not that I know. > > I am right now considering using something like the muttrc builder > (http://mutt.netliberte.org/) running under lynx. I could bind the > whole thing to some key in mutt. I was hoping that somebody had done > something like that already. > (I guess this is kind of contradictory: using a web browser to configure > a command line email reader that users use because they do not want to > use a web browser for email). Nevertheless that's a nice idea. But I'm afraid using configuration files off the net without checking is a security risk. The users and useresses should really first check the generated config file before using it! Or you should use secure connections to trusted institutions to generate them. Raoul
