--KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 07:55:32AM +0900, Jamis Buck wrote: > Carl Youngblood wrote: > >Hans Fugal wrote: > > > >>Ah, well can tell you're not a mutt user. You're apparently comparing= =20 > >>gmail with a lame threading mail reader (or perhaps to slashdot or=20 > >>other web forums). I don't blame you for thinking gmail is superior.=20 > >>If you'd like I can send you a screenshot privately. Mutt does all of= =20 > >>the things you mentioned - sorts threads and subthreads=20 > >>chronologically by last post, easy to see the overall tree and you=20 > >>only read one message at a time, etc. > > > > > >Yep, I was actually thinking about Thunderbird. I still haven't made=20 > >the leap to pure text-based email reading. >=20 > For what it's worth, I tried mutt, once. I ran, screaming.=20 > (Metaphorically speaking.) >=20 [snip] > Also, I pop all my mail, and I haven't had the time to sit down and=20 > figure out how to get that to work with mutt. >=20 Well - Mutt isn't really the tool you should use to fetch mail. Mutt is by definition a Mail Reader Agent. I'd advise you to use fetchmail for fetching the mail, and procmail for sorting the mail. And Mutt for reading the mail. That said - Mutt lacks a lot of features, and the dev-team is really un-responsive to patches and bug-reports. But - it's MUA of choise. //Anders --=20 =2E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =2E Anders Engstr=F6m aengstrom / gnejs.net =2E http://www.gnejs.net PGP-Key: ED010E7F =2E [Your mind is like an umbrella. It doesn't work unless you open it.] = =20 --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBsQ5LuNLLbe0BDn8RArq5AJ9waarlDydOMHAKmAOVUSbddHA0zQCaA1oQ QC2xDblGvVQcRYLCtTyP+NY= =T4Hy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy-- On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 07:55:32AM +0900, Jamis Buck wrote: > Carl Youngblood wrote: > >Hans Fugal wrote: > > > >>Ah, well can tell you're not a mutt user. You're apparently comparing= =20 > >>gmail with a lame threading mail reader (or perhaps to slashdot or=20 > >>other web forums). I don't blame you for thinking gmail is superior.=20 > >>If you'd like I can send you a screenshot privately. Mutt does all of= =20 > >>the things you mentioned - sorts threads and subthreads=20 > >>chronologically by last post, easy to see the overall tree and you=20 > >>only read one message at a time, etc. > > > > > >Yep, I was actually thinking about Thunderbird. I still haven't made=20 > >the leap to pure text-based email reading. >=20 > For what it's worth, I tried mutt, once. I ran, screaming.=20 > (Metaphorically speaking.) >=20 [snip] > Also, I pop all my mail, and I haven't had the time to sit down and=20 > figure out how to get that to work with mutt. >=20 Well - Mutt isn't really the tool you should use to fetch mail. Mutt is by definition a Mail Reader Agent. I'd advise you to use fetchmail for fetching the mail, and procmail for sorting the mail. And Mutt for reading the mail. That said - Mutt lacks a lot of features, and the dev-team is really un-responsive to patches and bug-reports. But - it's MUA of choise. //Anders --=20 =2E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =2E Anders Engstr=F6m aengstrom / gnejs.net =2E http://www.gnejs.net PGP-Key: ED010E7F =2E [Your mind is like an umbrella. It doesn't work unless you open it.] = =20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBsQ5LuNLLbe0BDn8RArq5AJ9waarlDydOMHAKmAOVUSbddHA0zQCaA1oQ QC2xDblGvVQcRYLCtTyP+NY= =T4Hy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----