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

[Scott Dorsey]

 <VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>In article <qqmdbk$vo$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> <VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>>>In article <qqkj75$1lei$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>
>>MH allows this sort of searching as well, and MH is (or at least once was)
>>available for both Linux and VMS.
>>
>>I am personally not an MH fan but I understand why some people like it.
>
>Can't tell if I'd be a fan or not.  MH?  Mental Health?  methylhydrazine?
>Metal Hydride or Metal Halide?  MegaHenry? Manufactured Home?  McGraw-Hill? 

Mail Handler.  Started out as TOPS-10 thing, I believe.  It's a set of 
commands executed directly from the command line... unlike MAIL-11 or
Berkeley Mail there is no specific mail prompt... you go forward and back
and select and reply all from the OS command line.
--scott

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