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The Friday 2006-03-24 at 00:01 +0100, houghi wrote:

> The "problem" with mutt is that if you are used to something else, you
> need to re-train yourself a bit. The correct way would be to addapt your
> muttrc. I however can imagine that can be a bit over the top if you are a
> new Mutt user.

Exactly.

> Especially the foldor-hook I found chalaging at first. What I do is I use
> 4 × wmbiff to show me where new mail arrives and they open with e.g.
> `aterm -geometry 80x79 -sb -T 'openSUSE' -name mutt -fade 50 -e mutt -f 
> /home/houghi/Mail/opensuse`
> 
> Or in short with `... -f mailboxX` and `... -f mailboxY`. Together with
> the use of procmail and mailrc it comes nice together.
> http://houghi.org/shots/mutt002.gif as how I see the mail.

That part is similar to Pine. However, in Pine I don't need to specify the 
folder in the command line, I simply navigate to it, or click on it.


> The most important thing is personalizing your muttrc. Once that is done,
> it is a great tool.

I have no doubt! I'm sure it is a very good program, just that... it 
doesn't match my mindset, I prefer Pine. Pine is not perfect, but it 
matchs better.

> I started with pine, but never could get the hang of it and  could not get
> used to it after trying it out for 2 or 3 weeks. Mutt was something I
> could use directly.

To me, it's the other way round :-)

> Oh well, as long as there is choice, to each his or her own. :-)

Exactly! :-)

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson
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