Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!urbsdc!darrell From: darrell@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Mail/Smail?! Message-ID: <26400003@urbsdc> Date: 5 Jul 88 14:02:00 GMT References: <474@psc90.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:psc90.UUCP:474:urbsdc:26400003:000:933 Nf-From: urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM!darrell Jul 5 09:02:00 1988 > /* Written 6:57 am Jul 4, 1988 by darrell@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM in urbsdc:comp.mail.uucp */ > /* Written 6:46 am Jul 1, 1988 by netnews@psc90.UUCP in urbsdc:comp.mail.uucp */ > /* ---------- "Mail/Smail?!" ---------- */ > > I have just got Smail to work, and to read Pathalias output like it should. > > It seems like a great mailing program, but I see a lot of limitations here. > > I am hoping there aren't as many as I think. > > I think you are confusing mail user interface programs and mail > delivery systems. I should have mentioned in my previous response that there are some mailers, such as elm, that provide a good user interface and also use the pathalias database to resolve uucp addresses. You might want to look into these as well. -- Darrell McIntosh Gould CSD, Urbana Software Development Center Phone: (217) 384-8509 Internet: darrell@xenurus.Urbana.Gould.COM Usenet: uunet!uiucuxc!urbsdc!darrell