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Subject: "Let them eat VMSmail" (Marie Antoinette)
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Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 16:00:00 EST
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=== FLAME ON ===
There have been some unfortunate pejorative remarks about
VMSmail and its inadequacies or otherwise recently.  I recall
a "brain-damaged" comment, and a suggestion that those of us
who actually use VMSmail be allowed to suffer.

I am a heavy user of VMSmail, and a modest user of All-in-One
mail.  I am of the opinion that, while All-in-One provides
some nifty things like multiple classes of delivery, its filing
system is no better than the one in VMSmail, and a lot more
work to use.

I am really very pleased and satisfied with VMSmail because of
its filing system;  VMSmail is fast, cheap, easy-to-use, and
convenient.

In the University environment, thc quality of "cheapness" is the
single most important constraint I have to live with.

I am happy with VMSmail -- it does the job I require at a price
I can afford.  I would rather see DEC upgrade other parts of VMS
first.

So, don't call a piece of software I like "brain-damaged" or tell
me to suffer with it.

=== FLAME OFF ===

And please do not use the digest format any more.

Roger Kingsley,
Computer Services,
U. of Winnipeg