Looking for a DOS command-line e-mail client

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Aug 30 20:33:53 2004

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Peter C. Wallace wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Wayne Talbot wrote:
> >
> > > Looking for DOS command-line e-mail client
> > >
> > > Have you tried pegasus mail?
> >
> > Is it command line?
> >
> > So far I've searched far and wide and pursued half a dozen well-meaning
> > but erroneous suggestions for various packages and I just don't think such
> > an application exists.
>
>
> Sure it does,
> PC pine works fine,

No it doesn't:

Command Line Arguments

Pine

...

< file
Pine will startup in the composer with file read into the body of the
message. Once the message is sent, the Pine session closes.

-attach file
Go directly into composer with given file attached.

-attachlist file-list
Go directly into composer with given files attached. This must be the last
option on the command line.

-attach_and_delete file
Go directly into composer with given file attached, delete when finished.

...

I don't want to go into the composer. I want it to just send the damn
message I specify to the address I tell it to!

> Even known to work with Lan Manager with the right protocol stack shims...

Are earlier versions smaller than 1MB? That's how big the current version
is. PINE has always been bloated, so I wouldn't expect an older version
to a) have the functionality I seek and b) be able to fit in memory with
the net drivers loaded and while another program is running (i.e. PINE is
shelled out to).

THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT EXIST!

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