On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
Doesn't anyone use IMAP? I must admit when I tried it (a few times
over the years, but not very recently) it never felt quite as easy and
transparent as using mutt on a local mail spool.
I would advocate trying offlineimap. I am a huge fan of having one's mail local
to the machine for all the reasons you have outlined.
I'm hoping to use offlineimap to address a situation like yours sometime (maybe
January with luck): use offlineimap to replicate the remote mail server's
folders on a local machine. Read email with mutt or whatever on that local
machine (I have a use case for IMAP to that local machine too, for latency
reasons). Offlineimap syncs all changes back to the remote server too (it is
bidirectional by default).
This would let me:
- work on local maildirs using mutt freely, and use local HTML and image
viewers
- run a regular offlineimap task totally asynchronously from my mail reading;
with maildirs offlineimap and mutt do not fight
- use an IMAP GUI client either remotely as needed or much snappier: to the
local machine's IMAP service using the local folders
For me this is all theoretical so far as I have not had time. But it is a real
issue I need to address, and I'd like to hear of your efforts if you try this
route.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
Tomkin Coleman (tcol...@nv7.uswnvg.com) wrote:
| Well, yes, get the bike but BEWARE!!
| At first, you will just want to get, like, a 250 Rebel, just for commuting
| and maybe a little fun, but you will wind up buying a 550, (just in case you
| want to tour), and then you will stop paying any attention to the theatre
| company you are working with and the graduate school you are attending, and
| then you will spend all your summers touring and riding around with your
| newfound biking buddies, and then you will find that you have got a real job
| just so you can buy the bike of your dreams and pretty soon you will find
| that your entire life has centered around your monster bike and you can only
| date women who love bikes and hang with buddies who love bikes and work at a
| job that supports your lifestyle and you will be incredibly happy, but always
| very greasy.
Shhhh! The meaning of life is supposed to be a SECRET! :-)
- Bob Larson..DoD#1711..b...@honshu.ho.att.com..1994 Suzuki RF600R
