• [gentoo-user] net-mail/metamail - removal

    From thelma@sys-concept.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 13 22:10:01 2022
    I just noticed that "net-mail/metamail" is masked and scheduled for removal 12/23/2022

    I'm using "mailto" which is part of metamail.
    Is there any alternative package that contain this function "mailto"

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    Thelma

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  • From Mike Civil@21:1/5 to thelma@sys-concept.com on Tue Dec 13 22:50:01 2022
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    On 13/12/2022 21:01, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
    I just noticed that "net-mail/metamail" is masked and scheduled for
    removal 12/23/2022

    I'm using "mailto" which is part of metamail.
    Is there any alternative package that contain this function "mailto"

    Frankly metamail has been dead for decades - the last release was nearly
    30 years ago.

    If you want to send MIME-encoded email from a command line then just
    about any normal mail client such as "mail" from GNU's mailutils package (Gentoo: net-mail/mailutils) should suffice.
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/12/2022 21:01,
    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thelma@sys-concept.com">thelma@sys-concept.com</a> wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
    cite="mid:7473506b-c4a9-31a0-1eb5-b8ecec7123ee@sys-concept.com">I
    just noticed that "net-mail/metamail" is masked and scheduled for
    removal 12/23/2022
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    <br>
    I'm using "mailto" which is part of metamail.
    <br>
    Is there any alternative package that contain this function
    "mailto"
    <br>
    <br>
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    <p><font face="monospace">Frankly metamail has been dead for decades
    - the last release was nearly 30 years ago.</font></p>
    <font face="monospace">If you want to send MIME-encoded email from a
    command line then just about any normal mail client such as "mail"
    from GNU's mailutils package (Gentoo: </font><span
    style="font-family:monospace"><span
    style="color:#d0d0d0;background-color:#000000;">net-mail/</span><span
    style="font-weight:bold;color:#dadada;background-color:#000000;">mailutils)
    should suffice.</span><br>
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