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I swapped over to aerc from mu4e, it’s very pleasant to use. I would easily recommend it.

• imachine1980_ 4y ago
  Why this over regular client ?
  • jpe90 4y ago
    For me, checking and replying to emails is quicker with a CLI client than with a traditional mail client. It’s easier to jump around and pick apart email threads from my text editor than a GUI app. And Aerc’s piping is nice, it makes it easy to apply patches from mailing lists to local repositories.
  • aussiesnack 4y ago
    I use mutt but will give this a try. But another perspective on why use a cli over a regular client. Though there's a bit of a vogue for terminal apps in dev circles, I don't favour them in general. I like GUIs. I want my computer to use 21st century tech for UIs. But unfortunately (on Linux at least) all the GUI IMAP clients I've tried are terrible. Not because they are GUIs but because they're all either buggy or have awful 1990s corporate interface design or lack even essential keyboard shortcuts, or are just infeasably slow. So mutt it is, which at least seems to be well-crafted, is quick, and can be configured to be pretty usable. I'd replace it with an excellent GUI app if there were such a thing.
    • betwixthewires 4y ago
      I find myself using TUIs a lot more because GUIs are always mouse centric. The GUI paradigm is stuck in the 20th century IMO. I'd like GUI applications that were easy to use with more than one finger, but it seems that nobody can figure out a way to do that yet.