Thanks -- I didn't know about sylpheed. Clearly a good tool to know about. (I'll look at claws, as well.)
paul jerry wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:32:28 -0500, Paul Fox <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > jerry wrote: > > > Over the years I've used many different graphical front-ends as the > > world > > > moved from terminals to xterms to *term (today). Originally I used xmh, > > > then exmh, and for the last 10+ yrs I've used Sylpheed. Sylpheed isn't > > an > > > nmh only GUI, but it has support for it. One of the key features is > > that > > > > It supports the MH message store directly? > > Yes. > > It doesn't support use of the .mh_aliases file, so you have to re-enter > your email aliases. > > I've configured to use /usr/local/bin/inc every 5min to pull things into > my MH inbox. I can then use the GUI to view and send emails. It does not > use /usr/local/bin/comp to send messages. I don't know if you can configure > to do so. > > Basically I send email locally, and my postfix configuration sends out > through > my mail service at acm.org. > > Some Linux distributions have something called 'claws' which is a fork of > Sylpheed original. > > https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ > > jerry > > > > > =---------------------- > > paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 48.6 > > degrees) > > > > > > > -- > // Jerry Heyman | "Human beings are born with different > // Amigan Forever :-) | capacities. If they are free, they are > \\ // heymanj at acm dot org | not equal. And if they are equal, they > \X/ | they are not free" - A. Solzhenitsyn =---------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 59.0 degrees)
