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I use mu4e[1] to read, search and refile my emails, and there's a keyboard shortcut for viewing an HTML email in a browser. offlineimap[2] handles inbound messa

I use mu4e[1] to read, search and refile my emails, and there's a keyboard shortcut for viewing an HTML email in a browser. offlineimap[2] handles inbound messages. I love it! But for writing email, I still tend to jump over to Apple Mail. msmtp[3] handles outbound messages on those occasions when I choose to fire off a message from within mu4e. [1] http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html [&] https://github.com/djcb/mu https://github.com/djcb/mu [2] https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap [3] http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/ http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/

delish 11y ago
I used mutt when I used vim, but after switching to emacs, I began using mu4e. Very keyboard-driven and scriptable. Glad to see others on HN using it. Speaking to your not using mu4e to compose mail, I compose mail in org-mode (I often make lists in emails) then copy them into an mu4e buffer. Funny to see someone using uncommon software the same way I do.
toothbrush 11y ago
I also use mu4e, and i'm curious, why do you switch to Mail.app for composing? I love the fact that all my editor customisations (of which there are many) are still there when i'm writing email.
- deong 11y ago
  To each their own, obviously, but this does seem profoundly weird. I can't imagine anyone choosing an Emacs-based mua and not using the editing ability for composing mail.
  - michaelsbradley 11y ago
    I've been using Apple Mail since the OS X Public Beta in 2000. Its address completion and rich text support are entwined in how I think about authoring emails, so I'm simply more comfortable using it for that purpose. It also helps that Emacs-style movement keys work throughout OS X, including Apple Mail's "new message" windows. I did give mu4e a go, i.e. for writing emails, and I never got to a point where it really appealed to me. I do love it, though, for reading and managing my tens of thousands of email messages. It's also nice that I can easily create links to messages in mu4e, which I can include in my org-mode files.

delish 11y ago

I used mutt when I used vim, but after switching to emacs, I began using mu4e. Very keyboard-driven and scriptable. Glad to see others on HN using it. Speaking to your not using mu4e to compose mail, I compose mail in org-mode (I often make lists in emails) then copy them into an mu4e buffer. Funny to see someone using uncommon software the same way I do.

toothbrush 11y ago

I also use mu4e, and i'm curious, why do you switch to Mail.app for composing? I love the fact that all my editor customisations (of which there are many) are still there when i'm writing email.

deong 11y ago
To each their own, obviously, but this does seem profoundly weird. I can't imagine anyone choosing an Emacs-based mua and not using the editing ability for composing mail.
- michaelsbradley 11y ago
  I've been using Apple Mail since the OS X Public Beta in 2000. Its address completion and rich text support are entwined in how I think about authoring emails, so I'm simply more comfortable using it for that purpose. It also helps that Emacs-style movement keys work throughout OS X, including Apple Mail's "new message" windows. I did give mu4e a go, i.e. for writing emails, and I never got to a point where it really appealed to me. I do love it, though, for reading and managing my tens of thousands of email messages. It's also nice that I can easily create links to messages in mu4e, which I can include in my org-mode files.