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User Agent Software
Depending on the level of sophistication of the user and the extent of
messaging they do, there are a variety of choices.
Unix Mail User Agents can be categorized into three classes based on
the environments they run under.
- Character Based.
As an example of the type of software that is used in the Internet,
the remainder of this section focuses on the author's choice of
messaging environment.