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

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Dec 16 13:38:09 EST 2021


On 2021-12-15, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Den 2021-12-15 kl. 19:37, skrev Simon Clubley:
>> 
>> I don't use VMS mail all that much these days but when I do receive
>> an email on a VMS system, it immediately becomes very clear just how
>> primitive VMS mail actually is.
>> 
>> Following on from a suggestion in another response, I wonder if VSI
>> would be interested in shipping Pine (or whatever it is called these
>> days) as a standard part of VMS.
>
> If they have a business case doing that, that is, if it improves the
> "bottom line" for VSI, I hope they do that. But does that business case
> really exist? Are there paying custumers asking VSI for an improved mail?
>

Pine/Alpine is actually an open source email client and it might be
nice to ship and install a range of open source utilities as a part
of the VMS installation so you know they are guaranteed to exist.

Simon.

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