Re: [9fans] upas : without acme : possible?

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in>]

On 2018-11-30 09:02 AM, sl@9front.org wrote:
>> is that "mail" you mention similar to "mailx" under unix-like systems?
>> the problem is one of not wanting a captive user-interface to the
>> mailing sub-system.
>
> On Plan 9, 'mail' is a shell script that invokes either nedmail(1) or
> marshal(1), depending on the flags it consumes.
>
> The nedmail program is nearly identical, from a user interface
> standpoint, to the mail command that shipped with the 8th edition of
> Research UNIX.  It remains part of the same (though evolved) e-mail
> processing system, upas.
>
> Ned is a little different than mailx(1), but it's probably just about
> what you're looking for.
>
> Plan 9's mail system itself (upas) relies heavily upon upasfs(4),
> filter(1), and simple rc scripts, which make even complex tasks
> like custom spam filtering and automatic mailbox management
> trivial.

i was looking for a non-captive user-interface email client like "mh" by
rand corporation. i guess i'll either have to learn to use acme with
upas or write my own "mh" replacement for plan 9.

~mayuresh