Pine runs directly on the central system. Advantages Use the same program from your computer at work, at home or from abroad. Updates to the programs are handled by central system staff. Backup and recovery procedures are handled by central system staff. You will not be working with the graphics-based interface to which you may be accustomed on your computer.
Outgoing mail is forwarded to the mail server for delivery.
Advantages Provides you with a more familiar graphics-based interface. The application program and the message files are on your own computer rather than on a system elsewhere. You don't have to be connected to the Internet to write your e-mail. If you use e-mail from both office and home on two computers, you download some of your mail to your office and some to your home, limiting your ability to review all your mail at once. A possible solution is to leave a copy of your mail on the mail server even after you download it to the computer at one location.