Re: [twuug] File reader for console

[Sean Bergeron <smbergeron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 29, 2004, at 15:23, Ethan O'Toole wrote:

>> I generally use a script for that:
>> #!/bin/sh
>>     rm -f "$1"
>>     echo "quit sending $1 as a word doc you dumbass" | mail -s 
>> "dumbass"
>> $2
>> :)
>
> Microsoft Word is actually pretty cool, as long as I'm on my windows 
> host
> and people don't want me to send a file with it. It is just when people
> are like "Please resend XYZ in .doc format" that it is a hassle, 
> because I
> have to scp the stupid .doc file up to users.757.org and then mail it.

Attach the file in squirrelmail, you luddite.  :-p  Or run Outbreak 
Express!

About a month ago, we moved users.757.org into the 1990's by moving 
from sendmail and some crufty pop3d to postfix and courier-imap 
(courier-pop3d, too).  Machine is running a rather weirdly-patched 
FreeBSD install.

The most time I spent during the entire conversion was compiling a 
custom version of Pine with Maildir support for Ethan (and the rest of 
the die-hard pine users).  :-D  If we'd have wanted to pollute the 
machine with more buggy Yoo-Dub software, it'd have been easier to 
install uw-imapd and leave the mail spools.

At least it's not elm.

Legacy users are tougher to deal with than legacy hardware.  I just 
took the time to learn mutt (although I've been using Apple Mail more 
and more lately...).
--
S. Bergeron, smbergeron@bigfoot.com
"Oftentimes" is often redundant.


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