[Info-vax] REPLY/ALL in VMS Mail client ?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/14/21 3:27 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <spauan$8ji$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> 
>> It's a pity that DEC/HPE never shipped a more modern command line
>> mail client as a standard part of VMS so that we could use that while
>> people like you who are happy with the current client could continue
>> to use that.
> 
> I don't think that there would have to be a choice; one could add
> qualifiers to the current scheme.
> 
> Apparently VMS MAIL can be served to a POP client or whatever.
> Presumably there is some command-line POP client, but I don't know and
> if sure I don't know whether it would have that functionality.
> 
> There is also the DECwindows interface to VMS MAIL, but I'm not familiar
> with it and doubt that it provides more functionality.
> 

If you find VMS MAIL feature weak but still want a text
based email client there is always PINE.  That was very
popular in the last days of VMS in my department at the
University.


bill