> I have no idea who ever thought that HTML content in an email is a > good idea except for working hyperlinks, which I think are nice when > working on a GUI desktop. HTML::Strip takes care of that for me ;) There's absolutely nothing inside the HTML that can't be conveyed as plain text just as easily. "I prefer my webpages on port 80, not port 25... thanks!" > Saves copying and pasting and thus work. And introduces referer tracking, cookie sniffing, phishing and other fun things. I never click urls in email on any platform or client. > Also, I received once in a while infected emails and due to Eudora' > inability to handle this the evil payload never had a chance and got > gobbled up by the RTVS. MailScanner takes care of that for me, by de-fanging forged emails and breaking phishing links and other nice-to-have features. I really like how well it works. > Is Eudora the dream MUA? Defenitely not, there is still room for > improvement. pine! Seriously though... does it have a text mode? How does it store its mail? Can it be accessed with another text-mode client (mutt, elm, pine)? I frequently find myself accessing mail over ssh, and GUI clients.. while purty and flashy, aren't very useful if they don't allow storage in a standards-compliant format (mbox, mbx, maildir). > And what I reallly hope will happen is that I can use the same set > of mailbox files on a dual boot machine, which shouldn't be a big > problem since the mailbox files are 99% identical to standard *nix > boxes. Is that mbox or mbx? mbx is of course dramatically faster than mbox.. but either would work perfectly. I've migrated most of my mail to maildir at this point, and use a local IMAP server to read and access it. I have too much archived mail to trust to wacky proprietary formats or conversions every time I switch my MUA. > Now that I've outed myself as Eudora fan I am waiting for the flames > to come in. ;) I'll have to recommend it to "the grandmothers" on our side and see if they take to it. My mother finally switched to a Mac, after having to have her machine wiped and reinstalled because it had been hijacked so many times. My mother-in-law just got herself a shiny new Dell and broadband, after years of Win95 on a Gateway over dialup. David A. Desrosiers desrod at gnu-designs.com http://gnu-designs.com
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