I heard that PINE is Not Elm, but I wasn't ever so sure.... -andy
On Jul 2, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I usually ssh into their NetBSD server and use the PINE email program. It's fast, responsive, and allows me to manage my email effectively. It also means that it's nearly impossible for malware, spyware, tracking cookies and other HTML atrocities to run. [admittedly, PINE has a LYNX ability to text-display HTML].
High five fellow Pine mail client user (alpine here!) I have my own server co-located at a Tier-1 internet facility. Just done it for years. Lots of friends have shell accounts on it and it usually hits 5 9's of uptime. Extra capacity if VCF needed something.
I call an external program to look at HTML links that is a just a script with a pause, so I can copy and paste the URLs that wrap around the terminal window 17 times.
Used to run NetBSD on it even, but once we went virtualized at the time BSD didn't behave well so moved off of it. Kind of miss it though.
- Ethan