FAQ
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Q:
Why do you write a completly new mailer and don't simply take part
on the YAM development as YAM is under GPL?
A:
Because when we started developing SimpleMail, YAM wasn't under GPL
and no one knew if it ever will be. As we are both students of computer
sciences we decided to write our own mailer to gain some practice and
that's the reason why we are still developing it on. An other reason is
that it would probably be more work to rewrite YAM than to write our own
mailer. And last but not least, it's fun to code and to create something
new and own.
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Q:
Will SimpleMail be as powerful as YAM?
A:
Yes, SimpleMail will have all the functions that YAM has but
less bugs and many new features you have missed.
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Q:
I don't like MUI, will you make a ReAction/ClassAct version?
A:
I think nobody thinks that MUI is perfect but there is a
very big variety of public MUI classes that are vital for SimpleMail.
However, as SimpleMail is portable concerning platforms it is also
portable concerning the GUI so there is a possibility that when SimpleMail
isn't alpha/beta anymore that we will provide also a version basing on
other GUI systems but that's no promise and we hope that maybe one of
you ReAction-Fans could do it when the time arrives?
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Q:
Will you include news support? (NNTP)
A:
Rather not as we think that it is better to make two seperate
programs, because adding news would be too much ballast for users that
don't want it. Wait for SimpleNews instead. ;)
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Q:
Will you make a version for the AmigaDE?
A:
Yes we hope so.
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Q:
Will there be a port for Windows/MacOS/QNX/Linux/#? ?
A:
We think that the sourcecode of SimpleMail is quite portable
and so it should be no problem to port it. But we cannot do everything
so when SimpleMail has left the alpha/beta stage, feel free to contact
us if you want to port it to your favorite platform.
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