[comp.os.vms] Mush6.3 and Software Tool MSG ...

efbatey%tervax.DECnet@NSWSES.ARPA ("TERVAX::EFBATEY") (08/08/88)

         After the sweet taste of really good mail user interfaces,
         it is really hard for me to use VMS-Mail.  For some time
         I have been fortunate to use the Software Tools MSG, mail
         user interface.  Much closer to /usr/ucb/mail than VMS-Mail
         and much faster and more convenient.  Much better at 
         scooting thru info-vax mail as passed to me over DECNET
         from our ARPA to WIN/TCP host.  Sunday night turns into
         Monday morning before I get all the headers fixed so I
         can read the 100 plus i-v mail items ( resurrect from
         and subject from 'mailer @ vaxx' and '[TCP/IP Mail From
         ... ]actual subject'.
         
         Then Friday on my UUCP connected Sun's, I got Dan Heller's
         (from Island Graphics) Mail User's Shell (MUSH v6.3).
         Jaguar drivers, eat your hearts out.  This is primo
         interfacing from Mail Deliverer ( assumes ascii seq files
         like RFC822, like Software Tools MSG ) and gives the dumbest
         terminal with limited cursor control a full screen mail
         interfacing and internal command shell.  SLICK.
         
         Probably someone out there HAS or SHOULD port this SysV/BSD
         publicly available mail user interface to VMS?  Volunteers?
         
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