Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 May 2013 02:39:11 Walter Dnes wrote: First, let's look at what mutt *ISN'T*. It's not a singing-dancing all-inclusive integrated monstrosity. It reads email, writes email, and hands it off to your local MTA for delivery. In addition to mutt I also need getmail (or

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 09:50:55PM -0400, staticsafe wrote Hi, New mutt user here. I'm curious as to why you are using ssmtp, mutt can talk SMTP directly. That simplifies thing as well regarding the sendmail symlinks. I normally send my email out via my ADSL ISP (teksavvy.com). My normal

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:55:54PM +0100, Mick wrote I appreciate that this is/was the starting point of mutt, but over the years I understand that mutt has added smtp and is able to use IMAP or POP servers directly. So, am I right to assume that it is not only a simple file reader any

[gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread Mick
I would be grateful if some kind soul guided my hand on configuring mutt to behave like ... errm ... kmail! O_o Before you have a go, please let me explain myself. I love kmail, or better said, I *used to* love kmail as it was back then when no semantic desktop, no mysql database, no

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
I have travelled exactly the same path as you, and feel all your pain. At first I used claws but after a few months it got unbearably slow when dealing with calendars and invites, so I switched to Thunderbird. It works well enough for me. Let's first establish your needs, I see a few points that

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread Mick
On Monday 27 May 2013 15:28:24 Alan McKinnon wrote: I have travelled exactly the same path as you, and feel all your pain. At first I used claws but after a few months it got unbearably slow when dealing with calendars and invites, so I switched to Thunderbird. It works well enough for me.

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/05/2013 18:55, Mick wrote: I recall you or some other Gentoo user in this list advocating setting up dovecot or some such to locally collect and store messages. This aligns with the one task per tool approach that mutt's design philosophy fulfils as a simple MUA. It has its

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 01:49:47PM +0100, Mick wrote I would be grateful if some kind soul guided my hand on configuring mutt to behave like ... errm ... kmail! O_o Hi; a long-time mutt-user here. The authoritative source for info is http://www.mutt.org/ You can subscribe to their mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt configuration advice

2013-05-27 Thread staticsafe
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 09:39:11PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 01:49:47PM +0100, Mick wrote I would be grateful if some kind soul guided my hand on configuring mutt to behave like ... errm ... kmail! O_o Hi; a long-time mutt-user here. The authoritative source for