[plug] GUI vs text mail readers

[Colin Muller]

Mike Holland wrote:
>   Ok, I'm a CLUE snob. Why? We all use netscape and not lynx for web.
> But am I a dinosaur for preferring a text-based mail reader?
> Why do some people refuse to consider one?

Bit of an assumption there. I program in vim (normally not even gvim),
love the keystroke-based interface, and have never come across a GUI IDE
which would convince me to change ... but I read my mail in Netscape. In
my case, and I imagine many others, it's not a matter of not considering
the text mailers: I used to use Pine, and recently looked again at Mutt,
but for some reason they don't appeal. I have no idea why I prefer
Netscape for mail, but I do, and it's not for want of considering or
understanding the alternatives.

Colin