Posted by: Administrator
on January 05, 2007 01:47 PM
I found that MH based Email programs were the most flexible, because if I had a method to pull in Email from my server, I could use exmh, a very nice TCL/Tk based Email package developed from the individual MH commands. Then I could use MH from the command line, xmh if I wanted a faster, simpler interface than exmh, or if I was away from a GUI, I could use Emacs' mh-e, Mutt, or even use a shell and cd into the Mail directory and use more or less to type out messages labeled 1, 2, 3, etc.
I found Mutt to be the most flexible out of all of the text based Email packages, and also one of the fastest Email clients. I also used Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws from time to time.
These days, I use Thunderbird because it runs on multiple platforms, is easy to obtain and update, has solid features, and I have quite a repository of folders, filtering options, and flexibility, with the cost of having to give up the nice MH based concepts of having numbered files holding messages and directories on the file system containing mail folders.
Compromises, but it has worked well for me. Still, I miss exmh and Mutt. For the hard core text email fans, I think Mutt is the most flexible and powerful Email client, and some may argue that it competes, feature for feature, with the best GUI based Email programs. However, it is also one of the most complicated and challenging Email clients to set up effectively. Worth it if you demand speed and maximum flexibility.
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I used to use xmh, MH, exmh, and Mutt
Posted by: Administrator on January 05, 2007 01:47 PMI found Mutt to be the most flexible out of all of the text based Email packages, and also one of the fastest Email clients. I also used Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws from time to time.
These days, I use Thunderbird because it runs on multiple platforms, is easy to obtain and update, has solid features, and I have quite a repository of folders, filtering options, and flexibility, with the cost of having to give up the nice MH based concepts of having numbered files holding messages and directories on the file system containing mail folders.
Compromises, but it has worked well for me. Still, I miss exmh and Mutt. For the hard core text email fans, I think Mutt is the most flexible and powerful Email client, and some may argue that it competes, feature for feature, with the best GUI based Email programs. However, it is also one of the most complicated and challenging Email clients to set up effectively. Worth it if you demand speed and maximum flexibility.
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