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From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to compile "tin" under FreeBSD 2.05?
Date: 27 Sep 1995 20:08:39 GMT
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David E. O'Brien (obrien@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: Chester H. Lin (chester@mackeysparc.hinet.net) wrote:
: : Any FTP site has patched version so that I can compile tin
: : "right out of the box"?

: Try the beta version of Tin (1.3beta).  I sent in some patches so it
: will do just that (and they are in the latest version).

: The site is ftp.scn.de in /pub/news/tin I believe (tried to check, but
: the site is down right now).

: Tin 1.3beta is *much* faster indexing than v1.22.  It also offers some
: X11 support.  A much more configurable tinrc file and the abiltity to
: use elm or Mail so you can get mail aliases.  PGP support is also
: there.  I've been running the various 1.3beta's since March with no
: real problems.

Would you recommend the beta for an ISP?