Re: Searching for a new email client...Mutt?
From: Rado S <rado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Searching for a new email client...Mutt?
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:38:27 +0200
Hi Rado !
Thank you for your reply ! :)
> Moin moin,
>
> =- Meino Christian Cramer wrote on Tue 15.Aug'06 at 10:30:15 +0200 -=
>
> > I read about the possibility to call vim from inside mutt (true?)
>
> Yes.
>
> > Unfortunately I dont know all the terminus technicus for too
> > many important things concerning Emails and Email clients and I
> > am no native English speaker.
>
> Try the wiki -> MailConcept, MuttGuide (the basics).
> Then read manual.txt, pointers on wiki start-page.
>
> > Therefore I think it is better to ask you instead of
> > non-context-aware-non-intelligent search engines and grep
> > commands...;)
>
> Maybe this can be fixed (by completing the MuttGuide) to be of
> help for more users with your demands (context, intelligent ;).
>
> > (Receiving Mail) Fetchmail {...}
>
> Ok.
>
> > Then Mew is reading /var/spool/mail/mccramer and put each Email
> > as a separate file under $HOME/Mail/<folder>.
> > Regular expressions which match for example against the To:,
> > CC:, Subject:, From: field The whole header is available for
> > matching) decide, which <folder> is used to store the file/mail.
> > In each <folder> the mails are numbered onsecutively.
>
> This is a job for "procmail".
>
> > (Sending Mail) I am writing the mail and press "send". Mail is
> > delivered directly to the receiver or -- if the target address
> > matches against a list of exceptions-- the mail is delivered via
> > the mailserver of my ISP.
>
> With esmtp or msmtp from LightSMTPagents this can be done.
>
> > Is it possible to use mutt side by side with Mew for a while
> > without screwing up the whole thing, without the hassle of
> > reinserting/renumbering/patching mails and without loosing them ?
>
> If mew uses one of mutt's supported FolderFormats, then yes.
...and here I got again my problem with techspeak: What is the name
of the storage format for mails Mew is using (described above) ?
If I would know the name I had find it in the manual.txt...
Keep hacking!
mcc
> --
> © Rado S. -- You must provide YOUR effort for your goal!
> Even if it seems insignificant, in fact EVERY effort counts
> for a shared task, at least to show your deserving attitude.
>