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IMAP client for coders? Let me review: not open source, web based, html emails, no PGP support, IMAP client tied to MUA, no mention of keybindings… Nope. Not f

by p4bl0 14y ago

IMAP client for coders? Let me review: not open source, web based, html emails, no PGP support, IMAP client tied to MUA, no mention of keybindings… Nope. Not for coders. Even less for "hackers" as the webpage say. And that's just technicalities, but as others already said, "I obviously can't afford to give my work away for free"… well, sigh. I'm not saying everyone should use Mutt or read their email in Emacs, but I'm a little sad that this link got so much upvotes.

fxtentacle 14y ago
"not open source" This post is here to discuss options for changing that. "web based" I'd say that is a plus, because you can have the same GUI running locally (and fast) on your computer and running remotely (and slow) on your web server. I know that WebKit has a huge overhead compared to emacs or mutt, but since about every second email that i receive is HTML anyway, i won't be able to avoid WebKit / Gecko. "html emails" I have to write email to normal people too. I know it's sad, but most of my friends prefer HTML emails with pictures. That said, some of my existing beta testers are using it to send around HTML newsletters. "no PGP support" correct. I've never used it and (see below) the PGP signatures seem to irritate some people. "IMAP client tied to MUA" correct. I chose to go this way to finally have fast and working offline mode with synchronization "no mention of keybindings" I implemented CMD+I for INBOX and CMD+S for search. Since i didn't miss anything else, i didn't implement them. I consider myself a coder/hacker and i built this to suit my workflow, so i thought that description to be accurate. "I'm a little sad that this link got so much upvotes" I'd say this is a good thing because it gives us the possibility to discuss what you dislike about my email client or email in general. BTW, i'd be interested in what solution you currently use. Maybe that'll also help others that drift here to find their new perfect mail client.

by p4bl0 14y ago

fxtentacle 14y ago

"not open source" This post is here to discuss options for changing that. "web based" I'd say that is a plus, because you can have the same GUI running locally (and fast) on your computer and running remotely (and slow) on your web server. I know that WebKit has a huge overhead compared to emacs or mutt, but since about every second email that i receive is HTML anyway, i won't be able to avoid WebKit / Gecko. "html emails" I have to write email to normal people too. I know it's sad, but most of my friends prefer HTML emails with pictures. That said, some of my existing beta testers are using it to send around HTML newsletters. "no PGP support" correct. I've never used it and (see below) the PGP signatures seem to irritate some people. "IMAP client tied to MUA" correct. I chose to go this way to finally have fast and working offline mode with synchronization "no mention of keybindings" I implemented CMD+I for INBOX and CMD+S for search. Since i didn't miss anything else, i didn't implement them. I consider myself a coder/hacker and i built this to suit my workflow, so i thought that description to be accurate. "I'm a little sad that this link got so much upvotes" I'd say this is a good thing because it gives us the possibility to discuss what you dislike about my email client or email in general. BTW, i'd be interested in what solution you currently use. Maybe that'll also help others that drift here to find their new perfect mail client.