RE: Cannot save messages into INBOX on local spool?

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Mark Crispin wrote:
> > BTW I saw in another message something about Alpine going away... is that
> > true? I just discovered it about a month ago after running on PC-Pine for
> > years. I hate to think I got here at the end of the party. If it is going
> > away is it going to be replaced by something else?
>
> The University of Washington spent a large sum of money every year to pay
> the salaries of the people who brought your Pine, Alpine, and IMAP.  They
> are not going to do it any more;

I can understand & appreciate the financial load. But that is part
of the software development effort that all universities experience
in their functions. That is also part of an internal learning &
teaching process unique to universities. The U of Washington, &
development crew possess much to be proud of for Pine, Alpine, &
IMAP.

> and in fact announced that since Microsoft,
> Google, Yahoo, etc. provide email services for free, email is no longer an
> essential internal service.

That seems irrelevant, as email service is one thing, software
development another. However, email service is very essential,
internal or external. I would never rely on one email service
provider, especially like the list above. Free service as such is
flaky, unreliable too often, & still needs a good email client
software as the webpage access interface is often poor at best.

Pine/Alpine/IMAP is necessary! No other software I find equates!

> It is time for the "free software" community to take over the development,
> maintenance, and distribution of this software.  They have claimed for many
> years that they want to do so, and that UW should give up its intellectual
> property rights to its software to the "free software" community.  UW has
> now done so.

I hope that is all true. The U of Washington Pine, Alpine, & IMAP
development crew however created the finest email client software I
can find, & I hope that creation is not lost from here. Possibly
some U of Washington effort will continue to be involved, whether
formal or informal. It is always a major loss to loose the brains
behind brilliant creations.

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