Re: Email programs that work.
On 8/28/06, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk> wrote:
> It lacks a decent IMAP implementation. Hint, IMAP is not a glorified POP.
I know, I use mutt with imap and I don't have problems wiht it. What IMAP
features do you miss?
If you pardon my jumping in, gentlemen, I would say that Mutt does not
work with IMAP.
Mutt can read mail stored in IMAP folders, but working with IMAP takes
more than that. Folder manipulation (create/share/delete), moving
items between folders, server-side search, filtering is the minimum
set for a MUA to be called IMAP-enabled [1]. If Mutt can simulate
these actions by employing other tools, like procmail and bogofilter,
doesn't mean it can work with IMAP
Actually, considering the number of tools Mutt uses for work, I
suspect that it 'sucks less' just because it does less. You retrieve
mail with fetchmail or isync, filter it with procmail, write new
messages with vim and send them with msmtp. What does Mutt do, then?
;)
I generally like TUI tools, but neither Mutt, nor Pine give me what I
get with GUI clients. I would be glad to see a decent TUI IMAP client,
though. Alpine, you said? Hmm. Don't think so.
Anyway, TUI clients share the same problem -- you cannot open more
than one message. Am I asking too much? :)
I use Sylpheed. Not a gem, but suitable, especially with full
keyboard control. I could live with TB, too, but I was too annoyed by
its' inability to copy a sent message to 'Sent' IMAP folder (recent
messages at mozillazine forums show that the problem still
persists...)
[1] - Won't even mention things like storing non-mail items in IMAP folders :)
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With best regards,
Dmitri Minaev
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