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From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: mush as Rnmail -h anyone?
Summary: What is Mush bringing to the party here, exactly?
Message-ID: <14404@bfmny0.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 89 02:58:25 GMT
References: <10930@ibmpcug.UUCP> <3261@ogccse.ogc.edu>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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Excuse me for asking this, but why exactly would one want to
use Mush as the mailer for rn?  Rn is already building a nice
header for you, giving you complete control over the contents;
Rnmail as a personally customizable script lets you skip silly
questions or other stuff you don't like in the standard distribution;
and even Mush still needs a good underlying MTA to get the work
done.  Other than the empty pleasure of seeing the X-Mailer line,
I don't see what mush brings to the party.  (And I speak as a
die hard mush user, btw.)

For maximum comfort replying to articles, I simply built and
installed smail 2.5 and changed Rnmail to use it instead of
'recmail'.  As far as I can see, even if I stuck Mush up front
I would still have to route to smail from there.  Why not
just eliminate the middleman?
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