Re: [RFC] : answering lwn.net article on Balsa

[Craig Routledge <webstuff craigroutledge com>]

On 07/10/2004 11:46:31 AM, manu wrote:
> "It can only use SMTP for outgoing mail; there is no option for passing a  
> message to a local command."
>
> OK this one is true, but I am not sure what he would like to do with his  
> messages then.

He likes to have various hooks into, and out of, the mail program.

Look at http://lwn.net/Articles/89403/ for details.  Granted most users  
will not avail themselves of the kind of functionality he's talking about,  
but it could lead to interesting stuff down the road.