4 Q: How is Sup even possible?
5 A: Sup is only possible through the hard work of Dave Balmain, the
8 I started using Ferret when it was still slightly buggy, and it
9 seemed like every week Dave released a bugfix or a speed
10 improvement that directly affected sup. Ferret has become a
11 first-class piece of software, and it's almost entirely due to him.
12 It amazes me just how much time and effort he has put into it.
15 A: As the millions (ok, hundreds) of mutt users will tell you, there are
16 many advantages to the console:
17 - You don't need a bulky web browser.
18 - You can ssh and check your mail on another machine.
19 - Instantaneous interaction.
20 - A few keystrokes are worth a hundred mouse clicks.
22 Q: If you love GMail so much, why not just use it?
23 A: I hate using a mouse, and I hate ads, and I hate non-programmability.
25 Q: How does Sup deal with spam?
26 A: You can manually mark messages as spam, which prevents them from
27 showing up in future searches, but that's all that Sup does. Spam
28 filtering should be done by a dedicated tool like SpamAssassin.
30 Q: What are all these "Redwood" references I see in the code?
31 A: That was Sup's original name. (Think pine, elm. Although I am a
32 Mutt user, I couldn't think of a good progression there.) But it was
33 taken by another project on RubyForge, and wasn't that original,
34 and was too long to type anyways.
36 Maybe one day I'll do a huge search-and-replace on the code, but it
37 doesn't seem that important at this point.