16 Jan
2004
16 Jan
'04
5:14 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:42:27PM +0100, Eric Dondelinger wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>> Good to know, I wasn't even aware of
their IMAP capabilities. I'll
>> definitely check out especially mutt, as I do very much like this
>> client.
> Pine was written by the *creators* of IMAP...
You learn things every day... unfortunate though that
they have
a problematic license.
Basically, the university of Washington needed a mail solution that
*worked* for its various (non-technical) students. They developed the
protocol, a server and an "idiot-proof" client for internal use. The
whole RFC stuff came only later.
About the license, I've heard that, taken literally, it is no problem,
but that their interpretation of it is non-free.
--
Lionel