Any chance of someone commiting the patch in bin/131861 ?

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

Pete French <petefrench at ticketswitch.com> wrote:

> ... using /usr/bin/mail as your primary mail reader ...

> -pete. [resolutely sticking to the command line even in 2010! :-)]

You're not the only one :)

Not to discourage any improvements in the base, but have you
looked at ports/mail/heirloom-mailx (formerly known as Nail)?
It's a descendant of /usr/bin/mail, but much more featureful :)