Re: [h-e-w] Using Emacs for email

[Dr Francis J. Wright]

Galen Boyer wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > What MUA?
> 
> I've always been a little uncertain about the _exact_ definition
> of this term.  Does this term matter if all of the operations
> related to mail (downloading, splitting, reading, replying) are
> handled by Emacs?  (Not trying to be argumentative, just trying
> to make sure I can give as precise an answer as I can.)

I thought MUA stood for Mail User Agent, meaning the bit that the user
interacts with directly (presumably Emacs in this case) as opposed to
the bits (such as sendmail) that run autonomously on servers.

Francis