[oclug] GUI vs cmdline mail (was Top if my head sugestion for enhancment to GUI mailclients.)

[Dave O'Neill]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 03:53:29PM -0400, Brian's Linux Box wrote:
> Unfortunately I can't do that - I receive too much HTML mail from
> people I have no control over.  Since I do have to look at it from
> time to time, right there in the preview window is easier than a
> separate program to view it.  "prefer plain text" is the most
> appropriate setting for me.

I have mutt set up to pipe HTML mail through lynx to format it before
displaying.  Works fine for me, and I don't need to deal with junk like
flashy fonts, embedded images, etc.

> What I require is a simple way to sort incoming mail, 

You really want to learn Procmail.

> multiple accounts (to and from), 

Mutt and Pine both do this.

> and flexibility in layout.  With all my various nested folders of
> stored mail, I just can't get enough info in a terminal screen to get
> everything I want to see on the screen at the same time.

Mutt's folder-browsing is ugly, ugly, ugly.  Pine's is better, but not
by much.

My solution for lack of terminal real-estate is to vertically maximize
my 80-column xterm.  No problems displaying my mail or folders after
that. 

Dave
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