-=> IAN HOARE wrote to WILLIAM MCBRINE <=-

 WM> It's the default in the DOS ports of MultiMail, and it _used_ to be the
 WM> default in the Windows port. Since version 0.38, notepad is the default
 WM> for Windows.

 IH> Does the documentation reflect that?

It's in the HISTORY file, yes. Neither "edit" nor
"notepad" is mentioned 
otherwise. You're bound to notice the default editor when you start it up, 
anyway. :-) Of course, users who upgrade from 0.37 or earlier, or from DOS, 
will not have the editor: line in their mmail.rc changed.

... Just the other day I... no, wait... that wasn't me.
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