> > On a related note, I'd love to have a POP3/IMAP/Gmail reader for Myth > > itself. Something just like the MythNews, but for emails. Wouldn't > > even need reply or delete or anything, just something to go in and > > quickly poll accounts for new mail and skim through. Has anyone done > > this and I'm just not aware of it? > > You could use mythbrowser to display that info as a http -> POP/IMAP > interface. Depending on your mail setup you could either use the one > provided by someone like your ISP, or if you have your own POP/IMAP > Linux server on your home LAN you could use one of the ones available > from sourceforge such as Squirrelmail or Aloha. I haven't used them > but I've heard they're good and Squirrelmail seems to be widely used. > > I think the important thing here would be to use one that has a highly > configurable UI so that it can be cut down to a nice simple display > with large readable fonts. Not sure how this would integrate with a > remote control, though. If anyone has any recommendations on these > points, it would be interesting to hear them.
Certinaly Mythbrowser if I wanted to reply and such, and I currently use Squirrelmail, but I'm thinking a "mail reader" that has the same UI look and feel of Myth itself, uses the themes, and can just be configured to poll POP/IMAP/API based web accounts. The main idea is being able to read the emails with nothing but the remote and associated navigation keys. Personally, I don't want a keyboard permanently attached to my mythbox. It seems like the MythNews would work if I exported my mail to an RSS feed, but that option won't always work. Some people don't have control over their email servers. I think the only feature, aside from reading current messages on the server, with simple next/prev/scroll navigation is maybe a simple "password protect email reading", allowing you to enter a pin, such as the myth config pin to access the account. That way multiple people could have accounts setup, and others wouldn't be able to read their emails. Other than that, I don't think it has to be all that fancy. Agree w/ the big fonts.
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