Re: Mail clients
Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 05:58:59PM +0200, lee wrote:
>> Mutt isn't designed with the concept of folders in mind. It merely
>> acknowledges the concept because the mails need to be stored
>> /somewhere/.
>
> You mean it doesn't work out of the box and requires some configuration?
No, I mean that mutt isn't designed with the concept of folders in mind.
> Hey, JFYI most good software is like that.
Oh really? I never noticed and I'm so surprised you wouldn't believe it
...
> It is designed with the concept of directories, which is the
> Unix/Linux equivalent of the Win/Mac concept of folders.
Have you looked at the documentation of mutt? It talks about mail
folders. It also talks about directories. It cannot rename folders or
directories and it cannot (re-)move them (the argument is that mutt
isn't a file manager), and it doesn't really show you a list of the
folders or directories you have stored your mail in. You can configure
it to kinda do that, and when the folders/directories change (like when
you create a new one or rename or (re-)move one), you either need to
update the configuration or use some external software to dynamically
generate a list to use in the configuration. I call that awkward.
Again: mutt isn't designed with the concept of folders (or directories)
in mind.
> Have you *actually* looked at the configuration options available with
> mutt?
Sure, I looked at them many times. I have used mutt for over 15 years
and then switched to gnus.
>> There isn't much I could elaborate. I was told mutt can be configured
>
> So you never bothered looking yourself.
Not for imap, like I said.
> Oh, now you are saying you have never really used it with imap.
I never said I did. I know it does imap because I occasionally used it
with imap and it was very awkward. I was told it can be configured to
make using it with imap less awkward. I never tried to do that, so
there isn't much I could elaborate about that. I already said that.
> Well, I have, and it works a treat thankyou very much.
I haven't said it doesn't work.
> Please don't spread FUD.
Please learn to read.
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