From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-164478-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54035138CCF for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Sun, 24 May 2015 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B5DBE0C13; Sun, 24 May 2015 19:25:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD4AE0BFB for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 24 May 2015 19:25:31 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0DkEgA731xV///k92hcgxCBMogluzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDVQgBAQQ6HBwXCyETEg8FJTeFSAeCXc8jAQEIAiCLOoQiEQFYFoMBgRYFhg+MYXeKCIEohlAZjwQjhBQiMYEMgTsBAQE X-IPAS-Result: A0DkEgA731xV///k92hcgxCBMogluzcJh0sEAgKBPDkUAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDVQgBAQQ6HBwXCyETEg8FJTeFSAeCXc8jAQEIAiCLOoQiEQFYFoMBgRYFhg+MYXeKCIEohlAZjwQjhBQiMYEMgTsBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="122038132" Received: from 104-247-228-255.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([104.247.228.255]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 24 May 2015 15:25:29 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 24 May 2015 15:25:13 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 15:25:13 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications Message-ID: <20150524192513.GA5157@waltdnes.org> References: <CAO5-k+qJ5bw4Ke7-x_D=F38b--rA3sL3ouqs+daqzYgYFnj-mA@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <CAO5-k+qJ5bw4Ke7-x_D=F38b--rA3sL3ouqs+daqzYgYFnj-mA@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 7dc5dc7f-4401-486a-8ec6-731668be06f3 X-Archives-Hash: aff8268ae55b657fcf1e8ce3d5f334e2 On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:02:13PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast > machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace KDE > with i3wm. > > What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good choise?) Note that text-based tools split the download-from-ISP, read-the-email, and upload-to-ISP functions. I use getmail to download email. I've used mutt for years as my mail-client (reading email). It's text-based, but you can have it invoke W3M to read HTML email as text email. For the filtering function, I use procmail. It allows me to read from multiple ISPs and direct email into multiple mailboxes (a many-to-many relation). For MTA (sending email out) functionality I use ssmtp. -- Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications