[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

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In article <qqkj75$1lei$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>In article <qqkht8$qqi$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
><davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
>
>> For what you're doing, there is no way you need clustering.  You do it 
>> because you want to do it.  A shop that needs clusters can benefit, but 
>> not you.
>
>Sure I do, just so that I can connect enough disks.  :-)  Also, rolling 
>upgrades are possible.
>
>> I'm used to file versions.  Doesn't bother me.  No such on my WEENDOZE 
>> systems, and, that doesn't bother me either.  I'm sure some people 
>> really detest them.
>
>They are there for a reason.  If you don't make use of the benefit, that 
>is your problem.
>
>> VMS mail is so 1980 or so.  I use Thunderbird, and while it has warts, 
>> it's rather well done.  Of course, not on VMS.  Guess that's the killer, 
>> huh?
>
>No.  Functionality.  Consider the command
>DIR/SIN=<date>/BEF=<date>/FROM=<sender>/SUB=<subject> to select such 
>messages.  Can Thunderbird do that?

I read most mulipart messages on Linux these days.  Mail comes into my VMS
system and Ihave it setup to allow me to read the mail on VMS, Linux or my
Mac.  However, when I need to search for a message, as you've noted, there
is nothing like the VMS mail interface to do so.

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