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> 80-char lines are too short for desktop displays and too long for small phones What you want is format=flowed emails. Check the mutt manual (http://www.mutt

by pwg 7y ago

> 80-char lines are too short for desktop displays and too long for small phones What you want is format=flowed emails. Check the mutt manual (http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual.txt http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual.txt for format=flowed and this blog post (https://brianbuccola.com/line-breaks-in-mutt-and-vim/ https://brianbuccola.com/line-breaks-in-mutt-and-vim/). And for details on format=flowed, read here: https://joeclark.org/ffaq.html https://joeclark.org/ffaq.html

mrzool 7y ago
It would be great if it was so easy. Sadly it’s not, because format=flowed is ignored by many email clients. See also: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/587 https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/587 Also this article: https://fastmail.blog/2016/12/17/format-flowed/ https://fastmail.blog/2016/12/17/format-flowed/ The only solution is HTML and multipart emails. Edit: added link to article
nextos 7y ago
I've given up on format=flowed because if you are not really careful to insert hard newlines, it can break inline attachments. In fact, hardcore users of plain text email like LKML discourage it for this reason. That said, it's nice to see a new text-oriented mail client. I remain skeptical about Unix interactive text-mode applications, though. Unlike classical Unix tools, more complex interactive applications do not compose well. They are little silos. I was a long term Mutt user, but I eventually moved my email into Emacs. That was because Emacs applications feel part of a consistent environment, a text-mode Lisp VM. They can easily talk to each other, and you can extend them beyond their designers ideas. On Mutt on the other hand, any non-trivial extension was just a pile of hacks. For example, multiple accounts. I encourage HN users to take a look at Notmuch, both as a MUA inside Emacs or elsewhere, it has a really nice architecture. It's kind of a side-effect free mail user agent.

by pwg 7y ago

mrzool 7y ago

It would be great if it was so easy. Sadly it’s not, because format=flowed is ignored by many email clients. See also: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/587 https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/587 Also this article: https://fastmail.blog/2016/12/17/format-flowed/ https://fastmail.blog/2016/12/17/format-flowed/ The only solution is HTML and multipart emails. Edit: added link to article

nextos 7y ago

I've given up on format=flowed because if you are not really careful to insert hard newlines, it can break inline attachments. In fact, hardcore users of plain text email like LKML discourage it for this reason. That said, it's nice to see a new text-oriented mail client. I remain skeptical about Unix interactive text-mode applications, though. Unlike classical Unix tools, more complex interactive applications do not compose well. They are little silos. I was a long term Mutt user, but I eventually moved my email into Emacs. That was because Emacs applications feel part of a consistent environment, a text-mode Lisp VM. They can easily talk to each other, and you can extend them beyond their designers ideas. On Mutt on the other hand, any non-trivial extension was just a pile of hacks. For example, multiple accounts. I encourage HN users to take a look at Notmuch, both as a MUA inside Emacs or elsewhere, it has a really nice architecture. It's kind of a side-effect free mail user agent.