Re: HOW2 send postponed mailS & halt imap?

[Avoi...@gmail.com]

In article <slrnkljrmc...@libra.gmcl.internal>, Rob Brown <br...@libra.gmcl.internal> wrote:

> --snip--
> >> > facilities. This seems WRONG, if 'postpone' means 'write
> >> > [possibly several] mails and accumulate them, to send all WHEN
> >> > you go on-line.
>
> I don't think that that is what it means.
>
> >> > How do I do THAT ?
>
> Alpine / pine does not seem to have this capability you desire. The
> first hit from googling "Alpine delayed sending"
> <http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48941/how-do-i-delay-schedule-sending-a-message-in-alpine-realpine-pine> says that this is the
> job of an MTA and suggests running your own local MTA to do this job
> for you. This in spite of the fact that user mail programs such as
> Eudora and Outlook express have been doing this since the dial-up era.
> :-( If you are running windows, I don't see an easy solution for this
> requirement that still uses alpine. But others know more than I do.
>
> >> > Does this thing cater for users who have expensive connections
> >> > and can't aford to be permanently online ?
>
> Doesn't seem to.
>
> > That's reasonable that 'postponed' mails need to be completed, and
> > not allowed to be batch-sent.
> >
> > BUT: the menu for 'postponed' shows only:
> ><Forward> & <Reply>.
>
> See my list above. You have [Viewmsg], the default action that you
> get by pressing <return>, from which you can continue editting and
> then send, or any other operation available when editting a message.
>
> > It should have <send> capability.
>
> As you said, you don't want to send an uncompleted message. View the
> message and then send from there.
>
> --
>
> Rob Brown mylas...@gmcl.com

IMO `pine` is badly designed.
Imagine that you need to walk 2 hours to the postbox.
And then you join a queue of 200 posters.
When you finally get to post, you'll:-
* want to have brought sufficient mails to justify the cost;
* no time to start editing while 200 people are waiting behind you!

If you mount a bus with 8 other passengers, you have your fare
READY?

There should be an OUTBOX which is sends all its contents.

WDYS?

[Michael Black]

No, Pine is designed perfectly. It was intended for running on a Unix
system, that had a separate mail transport system in place. It works
great at home, except for little grumblers who think the world should fit
their situation.

If you don't like the way Pine works, then choose one of a near infinite
number of other mailreaders. Or, add a transport layer between Pine and
your ISP. But dont' come whining to the rest of us about how you need
help setting it up, because you've whined too many times.


Michael