Re: debian-user and mail tools

[Sam Watkins <swatkins@fastmail.fm>]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 04:42:33PM +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> A last item I do not like about TB is that using IMAP, my emails are on 
> the server, and in TB when I delete an item it gets into the server's 
> Trash folders and emptying it therefore takes a while.

I recommend to use offlineimap, or a similar program (isync, mailsync).
I use a script that re-syncs my mailbox whenever mail arrives on the
server.

> Does any of you offer some good suggestion on a client which will make 
> my life easier with filtering, killing/ignoring whole threads and any 
> other goodies experience shows you to be important on such an high 
> volume list ?

mutt?  ctrl-D (delete thread) works for me.  I would use a separate
program such as procmail to filter my mail.