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On or about 28-Feb-96 23:21:39 Henrik Dissing typed the following words about
"Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?".  My reply is
thus...


 HD> On 21-Feb-96 07:59:50, Allan Purtle wrote:

>> As usual the technically oriented developers of Thor have failed to
>> recognize their target audience in their attempt to promote Thor as
>> a viable Mail/News solution.  Irrespective of the pros/cons of the
>> design decisions implemented in the current incarnation, the fact
>> remains that the target market is looking for something far simpler
>> to resolve a specific requirement, as opposed to something attempting
>> to solve every possibility by throwing in the kitchen sink.

 HD> You couldn't be more wrong. If you asked all THOR users why they chose
 HD> THOR as their e-mail and news handling application, the most frequent
 HD> answer would be:

 HD> "Because it was the one that I could actually figure out how to get
 HD> going!"

 HD> Everybody who subscribed to the late THOR mailing list know this to be
 HD> true.

 HD> Personally, I find your argument a little backward. How can it be "far
 HD> simpler" to find and install a suite of programs for handling POP, SMTP,
 HD> NNTP, mail-editing and news-editing than to download THOR and run a
 HD> simple installer script?

 HD> And the fact that THOR is able to handle a variety of additional mail
 HD> formats does not add complexity to the Internet solution; all the
 HD> modules are external to the main program, so you just don't install them
 HD> if you don't need them.

 HD> My guess is you don't know THOR well enough to justify your patronizing
 HD> attack on it's designers and their capabilities.

 HD> --
 HD> Henrik Dissing                                E-mail:  hendis@aix1.danada
 HD> Tranbjerg, Denmark                            FidoNet: 2:238/24.6

You are absolutely right Henrik!

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