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 advantages, but also has its disadvantages. It > requires me to do back ups, instead of relying on Google. It requires me to > run a separate server (if I were to run this on my LAN, as opposed to my > lap/desktop) and pay for it, instead of Google's 'free' infrastructure and > energy bill. One more application to configure and bother myself with, on > the > unexpected occasion when configuration files need editing in a rush because > things no longer work since the last update. > > More critically, whether I run a local MRA/MTA or not, I will *still* need > another mail client irrespective of where my messages are stored. This is > why > I kindly ask for some person who's more experienced on configuring mutt than > I, to give me a hand setting it up. :-)
It could well have been me recommending a local dovecot back then (it's my own solution) Now that I have a clearer picture of how you want your mail to work, I don't think I can be of much useful help - I tend to not customize mail clients much :-) I usually just use them as-shipped, add my usual filter rules if needed and adapt to it's key bindings. I dunno why I do mail this way when I eternally fiddle with every other kind of app out there... Hopefully some other kind soul will chip in with better answers to what you are looking for -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
