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The nice thing about email is that you're free to render and interact with it in any way you like. Yes, you could use mutt; or you could use Webmail if you pref
by chriswarbo 8y ago
The nice thing about email is that you're free to render and interact with it in any way you like. Yes, you could use mutt; or you could use Webmail if you prefer; or you could run them through some automation scripts; or through some custom CLI/GUI/mobile app/Web service/etc.
- baroffoos 8y agoGitLab and GitHub also send you emails but they provide a sane UI to use as well. The only benefit I see to email is it serves as a central notification location so I dont have to check every website to see what is new.
- chriswarbo 8y ago> The only benefit I see to email is it serves as a central notification location so I dont have to check every website to see what is new. I agree that email is good for notifications. Surely "checking Web sites to see what's new" was solved with RSS/ATOM? (Again, once the data's out there, the UI is your choice; e.g. I convert RSS/ATOM to maildir so I can use my preferred email client for everything; I put HackerNews (HNRSS and HNNotify), subreddits, youtube channels, etc. into the same folder as my mailing lists)