Re: GUI Email program

[Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org>]

I tried Balsa, but it crashed all the time.  

I took a look at evolution, but when the 2nd thing I tried to do (set
up a weekly appointment that didn't start today) didn't work I decided
it still needed some work.

I use mutt, but I wouldn't call it a GUI client.  I think it has
scoring, though I haven't tried to make it work.

Since mutt is based on the file system, groups with lots of mail tend
to overwhelm it--opening, closing, and sorting the boxes gets
sluggish.  I've been meaning to luck into something with a real
database store, but for now I've just been cutting large mail files in
two and compressing the early part.  I have a script that does this,
if anyone is interested.  It does things like locking the box,
automatically finding a message boundary, naming things nicely, ...