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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
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> /* 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
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