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Mu is nice, but I prefer the alternative Notmuch: https://notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org The design is extraordinarily elegant. It's almost like a pur
by nextos 6y ago
Mu is nice, but I prefer the alternative Notmuch: https://notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org
The design is extraordinarily elegant. It's almost like a purely functional email client. It never touches your messages. All it does is to alter a separate tag database. Then it's up to you how to turn tags into mailbox actions, like deleting or archiving emails. It sounds complicated, but it's trivial to setup and allows infinite flexibility in how to handle emails.
The Emacs interface is beautiful, quite similar to Magit. If Emacs is not your cup of tea, it's quite easy to use as a backend for Mutt. In fact, Neomutt already comes with Notmuch bundled and deeply integrated.
- funkaster 6y ago+1 on notmuch. I use it at work and it works great, super easy to configure actions for all the automated emails I get daily and filter the ones that really matter.
- prennert 6y agoI always wonder how those "CLI-esque" tools handle attachments and images, both receiving and sending. I use them rarely, but when I use them (usually for debugging with clients and internal business folk) then images are essential. Is notmuch able to attach inline images from the clipboard, and render images in emails?
- krageon 6y agonotmuch is objectively worse if you expect your email tags to be synced via your mailbox, which I don't see a reason not to expect. Mu uses a header in the mail, notmuch uses a separate database. Other than that point, as far as I can tell they are identical.
- geocar 6y agoWhat's the point of syncing tags to your mailbox if no other client understands them?
- nextos 6y agoI guess keeping different Mu instances in sync, which is a valid point. However, I still find Mu and Notmuch TUIs quite different.
- geocar 6y agoI haven't played with Mu, and I have tonnes of tags. I don't use multiple workstations (tramp-mode). I am curious. Why else use Mu?
- nextos 6y agoI'm not very much into Mu. I prefer Notmuch as I find the TUI more elegant and it's completely oriented towards tags and searches. Mu also supports folders, and that made it a bit more complicated to me.
- geocar 6y agoOh sorry. I got distracted and thought I was still replying to the Mu-user :)
- krageon 6y agoI sometimes destructively wipe my machines and I enjoy knowing my email is separate and I don't have to faff with my tag database backup. That said, I do also use multiple workstations - which it is also useful for.