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I think the answer is Mutt. For me, the editor is what stops me from switching. Does it still require you to shell out to an external editor to send a mail?

I think the answer is Mutt. For me, the editor is what stops me from switching. Does it still require you to shell out to an external editor to send a mail? There was an amazing mail client for (of all things) FidoNet back in the 90s called GoldEd that was amazing. It had threaded message display, a great editor, pleasant colors, etc. It was tailored to that network, however. Would love to find something like this for console-based email that has the built-in editor and isn't Pine.

antihero 10y ago
There's also http://supmua.org/ http://supmua.org/ though I haven't used it in forever.
nextos 10y ago
I am a very loyal mutt user. Coupled with mbsync (for offline imap) and notmuch (for indexing, threading and address completion) I think it's a great MUA. I obsessively measure wakeups/s in powertop for every application I use, and the above setup is very good. If you want to try other things you can look into the mutt-kz fork (which replaces internal search commands with notmuch). There is also a notmuch curses client, but I find mutt+notmuch superior. Mu is a notmuch alternative worth considering. Their emacs client is excellent. Finally, also if you use emacs, gnus is perhaps the most powerful email client ever. Steep learning curve, though. It's a bit different to everything else, as gnus has been built as a news reader. It treats mail as news, but this has some great advantages I think, as long as you can adapt your mindset. Also Org integration. Gnus is the only thing that might make me switch away from mutt.
- NoGravitas 10y ago
  Gnus is unbeatable for reading mailing lists -- it basically lets you take the many optimizations and workflows developed in various newsreaders for managing large Usenet newsgroups of which you only want to read a small subset, and apply them to mailing lists. For reading mail other than big mailing lists, it's a little awkward. I used it as my main email client for years, but have drifted away.
  - nextos 10y ago
    What have you replaced gnus with?
    - NoGravitas 10y ago
      Using email less, honestly. Because I can't get to my home email from work, I've largely stopped following most of the mailing lists I was on, just catching up periodically. I've played with mu4e, and I'd probably use it more if I spent more time on a computer and network under my full control. For my reduced email needs, I mostly use K-9 Mail (Android) and self-hosted RainLoop (web). For work mail I use Outlook.

antihero 10y ago

There's also http://supmua.org/ http://supmua.org/ though I haven't used it in forever.

nextos 10y ago

I am a very loyal mutt user. Coupled with mbsync (for offline imap) and notmuch (for indexing, threading and address completion) I think it's a great MUA. I obsessively measure wakeups/s in powertop for every application I use, and the above setup is very good. If you want to try other things you can look into the mutt-kz fork (which replaces internal search commands with notmuch). There is also a notmuch curses client, but I find mutt+notmuch superior. Mu is a notmuch alternative worth considering. Their emacs client is excellent. Finally, also if you use emacs, gnus is perhaps the most powerful email client ever. Steep learning curve, though. It's a bit different to everything else, as gnus has been built as a news reader. It treats mail as news, but this has some great advantages I think, as long as you can adapt your mindset. Also Org integration. Gnus is the only thing that might make me switch away from mutt.

NoGravitas 10y ago
Gnus is unbeatable for reading mailing lists -- it basically lets you take the many optimizations and workflows developed in various newsreaders for managing large Usenet newsgroups of which you only want to read a small subset, and apply them to mailing lists. For reading mail other than big mailing lists, it's a little awkward. I used it as my main email client for years, but have drifted away.
- nextos 10y ago
  What have you replaced gnus with?
  - NoGravitas 10y ago
    Using email less, honestly. Because I can't get to my home email from work, I've largely stopped following most of the mailing lists I was on, just catching up periodically. I've played with mu4e, and I'd probably use it more if I spent more time on a computer and network under my full control. For my reduced email needs, I mostly use K-9 Mail (Android) and self-hosted RainLoop (web). For work mail I use Outlook.