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Re: Email programs that work.



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Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 07:23:59PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> Paul Scott wrote:
>>> The slowness of Thunderbird in this setup is worth it with as many mail
>>> folders as I have.  I can tell at a glance which folders have unread
>>> mail in them.  How would I do that with mutt?
>>     You don't.  There's a command that can kinda show you but you have to tap
>> it constantly for it to update.  There is no auto-updating new mail list.
>> "Because that's what biff is for."  *bleh*
>>
> But mutt-ng, which includes the folder pane patch lets you see visually
> which folders have new mail and how much.  If you set your poll interval
> suitably low, like 60 seconds, then it works quite nicely, is "similar"
> to the t-bird layout and performs better over ssh.

Does it use the standard .muttrc, or do you have to write a new one?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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