Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone succeeded with kmail2?

["Peter Humphrey" <peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>]

On 4/1/2013, "Randy Barlow" <randy@electronsweatshop.com> wrote:

>On 01/03/2013 12:09 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> Does anyone recommend a mail client that doesn't rely too heavily on the
>> mouse? I much prefer to navigate, reply etc with the keyboard. I've
>> seen Evolution recommended; is that OK?
>
>Thunderbird is my favorite mail client. You can do a lot with the KB.
>For example, go to next read mail is just 'n' for next. CTRL-R for
>reply. It's not bad to learn the shortcuts. Plus it has a lot of great
>features and extensions.

I'm trying to set Thunderbird up, but I'm not telling it the right
values to connect to my ISP's POP server. I suppose I should have a
rest and try again tomorrow. Thanks for the recommendation.

>For CLI clients, I sometimes use Mutt. It's a little bit of a pain to
>configure for IMAP, but once you get it going it's pretty cool.

I may even have to resort to Mutt if I can't get anything else running.
What a state to be in in 2013! (I don't imply that Mutt's not good,
just that Kmail should never have been released in its present state.
Doesn't anyone ever learn?)