That sounds like a lot of work if you have a non-trivial number of folders or labels. In the end, mutt vs. Thunderbird is pretty much like vim vs. gedit. gedit

That sounds like a lot of work if you have a non-trivial number of folders or labels. In the end, mutt vs. Thunderbird is pretty much like vim vs. gedit. gedit is far easier to use out of the box, but vim allows you to define your own (complex) commands, allowing you to basically make your own editor. E.g. I like GMail shortcuts, so I added macros like the following to my muttrc[1]: macro index,pager gl "<change-vfolder>?/" macro index,pager gi "<change-vfolder>inbox<enter>" "go to the inbox" macro index,pager ga "<change-vfolder>archive<enter>" "go to the archive" For instance, gl immediately gives me a list of vfolders and does the keystrokes to start a search. So, like GMail, I can immediately start typing a name of a folder. [1] Note: I use mutt-kz