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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Network Software, Browser, Mail, etc. Date: 18 Jul 1997 16:47:34 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5qovam$r75$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <33CDB431.59E2B600@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ennui.org Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.pixi.com!news1.best.com!news.idiom.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!ennui Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44633 In article <33CDB431.59E2B600@ix.netcom.com>, Thomas D. Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >A comment was made to either an earlier posting or to mail to one >of the FreeBSD groups, that I should stop using Netscape. >I have been using Netscape due to a no-longer-necessary need to >support WINNT. Now that I am free of that, I am thinking about >changing. I have continued to this point because I have all-in-one. >For many years, I used Emacs for mail and news manipulation. Are >there any gnu tools for images? >What should I use for mail. A network browser? Image manipulation? >News Groups? If you've used emacs for mail and news previously, you might as well continue to. Otherwise, for mail, i would recommend using anything except Pine. For news, anything except nn and tin. As far as a web browser, i still use Netscape, because, unfortunately, there just isn't a better replacement. rone -- rone's rules: Ron Echeverri - I don't care. Systems/Usenet Administration - It's not important. Best Internet Communications - Leave me alone. rone@best.net