Re: Threading Mail
martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> writes:
> also sprach dman <dsh8290@rit.edu> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]:
> > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail
> > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using
> > fetchmail+exim/procmail is that you can switch mailers all you want
> > and are not dependent on a given mailer's POP/IMAP and filter/sort
> > capabilities. All they need is the ability to read a local folder.
>
> yes, but you also need to learn a lot more software. while mutt
> already has quite a learning curve, fetchmail may be easy, exim
> moderate, but procmail (especially the debugging) can be quite a drag.
> easier if you can just rely on mutt...
>
> ...and, once you used mutt and you are comfortable with it, you ain't
> gonna switch ever ;)
Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak
for me, and I didn't like the single window nature of it (you can't
compose a message and read other mail at the same time). Mutt's ok. It
does the important things right, but otherwise is rather mediocre.
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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