Subject: PINE VS Netscape

From: [email-masked] (' ALLAN W. BART)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 23:11:25 GMT

Hello,

I am still using a lowly unix shell account, could anyone cmpare what the 
benefit to an email user would be by using more modern tools such as 
Netscape.

allan

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From: Leif Erlingsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 22:29:03 +0100

> benefit to an email user would be by using more modern tools such as 
 
None, if all You intend to do is to write E-Mail's.
And most of the time I read USENET News with Pine 3.91 8bit (a patched
version), because it's faster. And I get a logg of replies etc.

But there is one thing Netscape is better at!
It arranges threads using indentation for every level:

Original post
	1'st reply
		Reply to 1'st reply
	2'nd reply
	3'rd reply
		Someone comments 3'rd reply
			Comment to that
				Comment to comment to someones comment.
					Etc
						Etc
							Etc
	4'th reply
Another Original post
	Reply to that

	.
	.
	.

You get the picture... 

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