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seems overly complicated. why not just have mutt connect directly to google's imap servers over ssl? with header and message caching enabled, switching betwee
by there 16y ago
seems overly complicated. why not just have mutt connect directly to google's imap servers over ssl? with header and message caching enabled, switching between mailboxes is plenty fast against most imap servers.
- trimski 16y ago$ mutt -f imaps://<username>@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com
- bcl 16y agoBecause mutt + IMAP is incredibly slow, even with header caching. I switched back to Thunderbird after running it for a few days. I think a big part of the difference is that TB pulls mail in the background while mutt doesn't.
- mkelly 16y agoIt's a fairly vanilla mutt+fetchmail+procmail setup. Complicated compared to an all-in-one email application, but not if you're used to separating MUAs (e.g., mutt) and MDAs (e.g., procmail). (EDIT: Oh, and I agree with my sibling about IMAP -- not trying to ignore the parent.)