Subject: New User Question

From: [email-masked] (Raymond DeVoe)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:43:48 GMT

Hello,

I've noticed that many folks seem to prefer the Unix Shell/Pine approach
for reading mail/news instead of going the PPP/SLIP route with all the
GUI interfaces.

Why this preference?  Is there something that's lacking in the GUI
readers that can be found by using a shell account with Pine?  Is there
more functionality using Pine?

-Ray-

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:33:41 +0800 (GMT)

> for reading mail/news instead of going the PPP/SLIP route with all the

	Ahhh....PPP/SLIP is transport related and has not much to
do with Unix shell.

	I beleive what you want to say is that the shell account is
preferred over the client/server approach.

> more functionality using Pine?

	If you are asking the question as it relates to pine and PC-pine
the Windows version....then the answer is maturity.  If you are talking
about email in general...then I'm not sure your conclusion is accurate.

	Regards,

		Ed

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