[gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Grant]

Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
lightweight.  I use xfce4.

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Richard Fish]

On 8/5/06, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.

gmail ;->

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Grant]

> > Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> > lightweight.  I use xfce4.
>
> gmail ;->
>
> -Richard

Yeah I read they were setting up "Gmail for your domain".  Is that
what you're referring to?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Donnie Berkholz]

Grant wrote:
> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.

Tried the one that comes with xfce? xfmail ...

Thanks,
Donnie
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[John J. Foster]

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On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 06:18:02PM -0700, Grant wrote:
> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.

the mutt
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 06:18:02PM -0700, Penguin Lover Grant squawked:
> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.
> 

What's wrong with mutt? (You mentioned that you used it in another
thread.)

Best, 

W
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Grant]

> > Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> > lightweight.  I use xfce4.
> >
>
> What's wrong with mutt? (You mentioned that you used it in another
> thread.)

I was getting tired of mutt but I'm still not sure about switching.
Have you come up with a mutt config file you like?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Willie Wong]

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On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 07:36:45AM -0700, Penguin Lover Grant squawked:
> I was getting tired of mutt but I'm still not sure about switching.
> Have you come up with a mutt config file you like?
> 
I suppose... my entire .muttrc is only 125 lines long, and over half
of those are aliases. I am not too particular about the UI, so all I 
did was customize color, some stuff about hiding headers, and setting 
the pager_index_lines to 5. 

HTML files are auto_view by dumping from lynx, mailcap catches
pretty much all attachments except documents generated from Microsoft
Office. 

The only things that took some time were figuring how to send mail
encoded in Big5 without having it mungled, and playing with
folder-hooks for threaded vs unthreaded display, as well as some
customized attributions and signatures according to mailing-list. 

Every now and then, I would go back and browse through the Mutt manual
to see if there's anything else I can use to make life simpler. 

W

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Rodrigo Lazo]

sylpheed

On 8/5/06, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.
>
> - Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> lightweight.  I use xfce4.

sylpheed-claws


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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[j.romildo]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote:
> 
> > Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> > lightweight.  I use xfce4.
> 
> sylpheed-claws

Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format?

If so, can sylpheed-claws and mutt be used to read the same mbox mail
format? I mean, when in text mode I want to use mutt. But in a graphical
environment I would use sylpheed-claws. But I wouldn't use both at the
same time. Can one see the marked as read messages from the other?

If sylpheed-claws is not capable of doing this, is there any other
lightweighted graphical email client that you would indicate?

Regards,

Romildo
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 06:07:19 -0300, j.romildo@gmail.com wrote:

> > sylpheed-claws
> 
> Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format?

Yes, there's an mbox plugin. emerge mail-client/sylpheed-claws-mailmbox
to get claws installed with the plugin. I've not tried it myself.

> If so, can sylpheed-claws and mutt be used to read the same mbox mail
> format?

I would expect so, but I'd recommend backing up your mbox file before
testing.


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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Alexander Skwar]

j.romildo@gmail.com schrieb:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote:
>> 
>> > Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
>> > lightweight.  I use xfce4.
>> 
>> sylpheed-claws
> 
> Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format?
> 
> If so, can sylpheed-claws and mutt be used to read the same mbox mail
> format? I mean, when in text mode I want to use mutt. But in a graphical
> environment I would use sylpheed-claws. But I wouldn't use both at the
> same time. Can one see the marked as read messages from the other?

Should work, but I'd suggest to switch to Maildir format. There's
no risk in accessing the same mail folder at the same time with
numerous clients. Both mutt and sylpheed support Maildir.

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:40:48 +0200
Alexander Skwar wrote:

> j.romildo@gmail.com schrieb:
> > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Which mail client do you guys use?  I'm looking for something
> >> > lightweight.  I use xfce4.
> >> 
> >> sylpheed-claws
> > 
> > Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format?
> > 
> > If so, can sylpheed-claws and mutt be used to read the same mbox mail
> > format? I mean, when in text mode I want to use mutt. But in a graphical
> > environment I would use sylpheed-claws. But I wouldn't use both at the
> > same time. Can one see the marked as read messages from the other?
> 
> Should work, but I'd suggest to switch to Maildir format. There's
> no risk in accessing the same mail folder at the same time with
> numerous clients. Both mutt and sylpheed support Maildir.
> 
> Alexander Skwar

My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
storage choice  from your client.



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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[j.romildo]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:33:16PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> [...]
> My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
> with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
> storage choice  from your client.

I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by
procmail. Many of them are for mailing list archiving on a per month
base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with
access to all those mail folders?

If not, do you recommend any imap server?

Romildo
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

j.romildo@gmail.com a écrit :
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:33:16PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
>>[...]
>>My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
>>with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
>>storage choice  from your client.
> 
> 
> I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by
> procmail. Many of them are for mailing list archiving on a per month
> base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with
> access to all those mail folders?


No, your imap server will offer you to read any file or folder created 
by procmail; however you will have to subscribe to the new folders at 
the beginning of the month within your mail client.

> If not, do you recommend any imap server?

Dovecot is my choice, courier-imap is also quite good but perhaps slower


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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Alexander Skwar]

j.romildo@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:33:16PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>> [...]
>> My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
>> with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
>> storage choice  from your client.
> 
> I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by
> procmail.

Why do you use mbox, if I may ask?

> base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with
> access to all those mail folders?

Not really.

> If not, do you recommend any imap server?

dovecot

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[j.romildo]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 02:20:04PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> j.romildo@gmail.com wrote:
> > 
[...]
> > I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by
> > procmail.
> 
> Why do you use mbox, if I may ask?

I use mbox because it offers better search performance when the search
is done in the body of messages: only one file (the mbox file) has to be
read to perform the search. Such a search would be much less efficient
on a mail folder where each message is stored in a separate file. And
the primary reason I keep archives of mailing list messages is for easy
search. Most mailing lists are archived on the internet, but searching
them locally is much more flexible if done locally than on the web. Of
corse I archive my private messages too. Furthermore mbox folders can be
easily stored in compressed forms (using gzip, for instance) and good
mail clients can read them that way. I also consider the number of files
an advantage, as mail folders where each message is stored in its own
file would create a very big number of files on my scenario with many
messages being archived.

Romildo
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[John J. Foster]

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On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:33:16PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
> with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
> storage choice  from your client.
> 
If you don't want to use your ISP's IMAP services for whatever reason,
I highly recommend

net-mail/bincimap

for a pretty simple IMAP server.

HTH
festus
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