[Info-vax] Indexed file read question

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rp6jo1$19ev$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> I've been using VMS MAIL for almost 30 years.  I have experience with 
> Outlook, Lotus Notes, elm, pine, various web-based email stuff, unix 
> mail, and so on.  VMS MAIL makes stuff I do often easy, some of which
> might not even be possible with other programs, for example 
> 
>    MAIL> DIR/SINCE=<date1>/FROM=<address>/SUB=<subject>/BEF=<date2>/TO=<address2>
> 
> and so on.  The fact that the headers and start of each message are in 
> the indexed file makes it quick to page through stuff; the rest of the 
> message in the external file is read only if needed.

And I can write in EDT.  And there is the keypad for MAIL commands.  And
I can define my own keypad.  And proper HELP.

I like the fact that NEWSRDR tries to be like VMS MAIL.