Elm

At A Glance  

  Package Name: ELM
  Latest Version: Elm 2.3 PL11
  Developer/Author: H.P.
           Usenet Trust
           Syd Weinstein <syd@dsi.com>
  Availability: comp.sources.unix vol. 22, issues 60-85
                Patches in vol. 24 issues 25-35
  Sources: Yes
  Platforms: UNIX, PC
  Support: comp.mail.elm
  Folder Format: mbox
  Notable Features: Screen oriented. Good for novices.

• From: "UNIX EMail Software - a Survey"

  Elm is designed to run with sendmail or /bin/rmail (according to what's on your system) and is a full replacement of programs like /bin/mail and mailx. The system is more than just a single program, however, and includes programs like frm to list a `table of contents' of your mail, printmail to quickly paginate mail files (to allow `clean' printouts), and autoreply, a system wide daemon that can auto-answer mail for people while they're on vacation without having multiple copies spawned on the system.

  The most significant difference between Elm and most other mail systems is that Elm is screen-oriented. Upon further use, however, users will find that Elm is also quite a bit easier to use, and quite a bit more intelligent about sending mail and so on.

  Elm is particularly good for novices. The only drawback that I've heard is that elm is a bit less user configurable than, say, MUSH.