On 13May2012 16:18, David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-lists-mutt-us...@weller-fahy.com> wrote: | * Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> [2012-05-12 20:26 -0400]: | > On 12May2012 19:10, Jim Graham <spooky1...@gmail.com> wrote: | > I use the mutt from MacPorts (WELL worth installing - very easy and | > gives you access to a HUGE suite of common UNIX tools). | > http://www.macports.org/install.php | | I've used both MacPorts and fink (mostly macports), but ended up using | HomeBrew [1] as my primary source of software on the Mac. Something to | check out if you're not sure which packaging system to use. | [1]: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ | | They have a "Brew" for mutt which is 1.5.21, and (for the roll-yer-own | types such as myself) all the requisites to build mutt from source.
We should point out to Jim that these are all independent. He can install the lot, and pick and choose. Personally I recommend he does. One size never fits all:-) I do like the install approach brew uses - I used the type of same scheme myself at a former workplace to build third party packages for the workstations there: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/syncopt.html Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Lister: `Mr Arnold' isn't even his name. His name's `Rimmer'; or `Smeghead'; or `Dinosaur breath'; or `Molecule Mind'. And if you want to be really mega-polite to him, Kryten -- we're talking mega-mega-polite -- on those rare and exceptional circumstances, you can call him `Arsehole'. - Red Dwarf, _Kryten_
