Netscape integration

[Ken Diehl]

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:00:00 -0400 (EDT), Ralph Cohen wrote:

>On this point I'm afraid we still must disagree.  I believe that
>de-integrating the functions already included in PMMail would be the
>surest path to it's demise.  There are relatively very few people out
>there who would be willing to "roll their own" fantastically great
>email program when they can get a somewhat adequate one already rolled.

I had wondered about this also.  While I would be comfortable with the "features" being decoupled I doubt the 
"average" user would.  I bought a copy of PMMAIL for my best friend to use mostly because I could help him with it 
from a distance if need be and because I think it is a good product.  But he wouldn't have a clue about how to 
couple an external editor or spell checker.  OTOH, how many "average" users actually use pmmail or similar 
clients.  Most probably use what came with the computer.  I would expect most pmmail users are computer literate 
enough to handle the coupling.  As marketers say, you need to know you target audience.


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