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Subject: Re: Pine Clone: Oserp
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:21:06 -0300
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Kjell Andresen wrote:

> RW <a...@b.invalid> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:59:50 -0500, Aaron S. Hawley wrote:
> >
> >> To watch (or to contribute):
> >> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/oserp/
> >>
> >> "oserp - stands for OpenSource Emailer Replaces Pine. First goal -
> >> replace pine with an open souce work-alike using perl. Second - add
> >> an SQL backend to Mail::Box, and thus to oserp. Third - Port to
> >> C++, using GNU MailUtils as the backend."
> >>
> >>>>>
> >> Fourth - Put in bindings for Nano!
> >
> > I think the priorities are wrong here; the first thing it needs is a
> > much snappier name. How about PINP (PINP is not PINE)
>
> I agree, but think spruce would be a better choice;
>
> Source Perl U.. C.. Emailer
> Spruce - a Pine/Perl United Compatible Emailer
>
> FIR is also a potential name; Fix It Right!
>
> Any other suggestions?

Spruce is already taken. I used it some years ago. It's (or
was) a GTK+ MUA - http://spruce.sourceforge.net/

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