ISP mania -- can't change editor

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_monmouth.com>
Date: Sun Jan 17 08:21:33 1999

> Bill Pechter wrote:
> >
> > > The only mail program I can use in terminal mode with my ISP is PINE.
> > > I despise it, especially the fewkin editor, PICO, (sumbitch won't let
> > > me use vi to edit messages). I'm scheduled to get a cablemodem
> > > installed in three weeks, when _I_ start making those decisions (and
> > > maybe get a decent newsfeed -- an even bigger gripe I've got with my
> > > ISP). (Hell, even with Tandy Xenix 15+ years ago, I could set my
> > > editor for mail's ~v command -- never had to, since vi was my
> > > preferred editor then and now).

I would just write a script or upload my own mail reader.

Right now I do all my stuff telnet-ed in to my home machine where I've got
elm.

The only editor I'd consider using besides vi is edt, or the perhaps more
classic jed's wordstar emulation.

Bill
Received on Sun Jan 17 1999 - 08:21:33 GMT