Hi, I'm personally using mutt+msmtp+isync for mail, but maybe you can be happy with something like msmtp+fetchmail+mailx(light cli mail reader)
-Ph On (26/08/08 18:11), pancake wrote: > To: [email protected] > From: pancake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [dwm] suckless mail > Reply-To: dwm mail list <[email protected]> > List-Id: dwm mail list <dwm.suckless.org> > > I have been thinking these days on writing something suckless for > managing my mail. I don't know if any of you is happy with any mail > client, but I do not feel comfortable with any of them. > > mutt is quite nice but is 'big' and there are so many open bugs like > closing the connections when receiving a window-resize event. which is > quite anoying.. sylpheed have some socket-locking problems, evolution is > awesomely bloated and is not very nice when resizing the window. > > This is why I am thinking on writing a set of small tools for managing > the mail in a minimalistic way. > > What I have in mind is something more simple that can be done without > many LOCs and splitting the problem in multiple programs will achieve a > better. > > - pop3 client > - imap client > - smtp client > - mbox/mdir client with support for mime > - frontend shell or so > > using inotify() on Linux is quite simple to get notifications of new > files in certain directories, so it will be possible to get the events > of new mails using maildir or mbox in this way. > > Extracting the headers of a mail is something really simple with any > basic shell tools. > > Im currently out of time for coding such stuff, but I think that maybe > there's more people interesting on finding an almost decent solution for > reading the mail without those complications. > > The frontend for the mail should be able to follow mail threads, sort by > date or grep by contents. > > following these concepts shouldnt be hard to create an usable frontend > for the web or a phone/pda...squirrelmail is also to blame...and writing > a simple cgi using these tools will be quite simple and useful. > > I hope this brainstorming helps somebody to start coding them. > > What do you think? are you happy with your MUA? > > --pancake > -- Premysl "Anydot" Hruby, http://www.redrum.cz/
