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From: mjg51721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael James Gebis)
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Subject: Re: elm vs pine, nn vs tin vs pine
Date: 22 Jun 1995 18:34:19 GMT
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doc@uiuc.edu (Jim Marco) writes:

>It seems to me that pine has grown up. Or, maybe I'm just learning how
>to use it. :-)  Either way, I'm tempted to switch from elm now, but 
>before I do, I want to make sure that I'm not overlooking something.

Pine stands for Pine Is Nolonger Elm (or Pine Is Not Elm, depending who
you ask.)  In any case, Pine Used To Be Elm (Putbe) so the features are
fairly similar, and although to some pine appears to be a dumbed-down
version of elm, _I_ won't look down on you if you use pine.  

To tell the truth, that's what's really important in your newsreader or
mailreader: The respect you'll get from other users.  Here's a handy
little chart:

mail:	user is a newbie/user is Libor 
eudora:	user is a Mac weenie
mh:	user is some sort of sysadmin
xmh:	user is some sort of sysadmin with x
exmh:	user is some sort of sysadmin with x and likes gadgets
elm:	user is a seasoned unix veteran 
pine:	user is either a newbie OR a seasoned unix veteran
nn:	user perversely reads mail with a newsreader
less:	user is anti-interface
sendmail: user is a do-it-yourselfer
Emacs:	user is an Emacs addict
ftp:	the mailreader of choice on ux4


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