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Jim Minton wrote:
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>         P.S.  Our library is shifting from ALLIN1 (IBM) to PINE/EUDORA
>         (UNIX-based) for our e-mail. Does anyone else use PINE?
 
We use both Eudora and Pine at Illinois State.  But the nature of your
statement begs some clarification.
 
Pine and Elm are two mail editors that reside on the Unix host.  You telnet to
the host and invoke the editor.  All files and mail messages reside on the host
Unix machine.  In fact, I am writing this response in elm.  On our campus elm
and pine work the same way.  Some prefer elm and other pine.
 
Eudora by contast is a POP mailer.  Euroda resides on your PC or Mac.  When you
want to read mail Eudora connects to the host and downloads mail messages to
your workstation.  You read your mail on your workstation.  You write your
messages on your workstation.  When you send a message from Eudora the software
connects to the host, uploads the message, and sends it on its way.  Usually is
this a very brief connection.
 
Eudora has the advantage of being able to attach files and encode them, or
unencode them.
 
On the other hand, Pine and Elm let you get full access to the mail package if
you can get to the host.  I have telneted from Jim's office in Tennessee to log
into my mail account in Illinois to read my mail using elm or pine.  I could
not do that will Eudora (well maybe, but only with special configurations).
 
Currently, I spend about equal time using both mail systems.  I read mail from
too many locations to rely on Eudora alone.
 
Jim Carter, Geography/Geology Department
Illinois State University