Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 09Dec2014 10:33, Chris Green wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green 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 >transpare

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Eduardo Alvarez
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:04:26PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > Hello, Chris, > > > > What I do is that at work, I mount my home mail folder using sshfs. That > > way, I > > can use my local copies of mutt, xpdf, etc. With large messages, it can get > > slow, sometimes, but it does save some tim

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Will Yardley
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:38:18PM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Chris Green [12-08-14 10:21]: > > > E.g. if I want to view an HTML E-Mail in Firefox (default browser) > > > instead of within mutt (using lynx) can I just do 'v'

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Dave Dodge
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > At the moment to access my mail remotely I ssh into the server and run > mutt. This works well in general but there are some disadvantages, in > particular the 'v' command to access and view HTML, PDF and other [...] > > So, I'm wonde

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread John Long
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 11:42:49AM +, Chris Green wrote: > > If we all misunderstood and you have multiple instances of mutt running and > > want to be able to access your mail from any of them then use POP and leave > > the email on the server. Are you forced to use IMAP? > > > I currently r

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread John Long
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 11:36:48AM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:56:04AM +, John Long wrote: > > > > If I understood you then yes, but the local machine as far as mutt is > > > > concerned is the machine where mutt is running [your remote system], not > > > > where you

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP - my conclusion/solution

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Green
Thanks everyone for all the ideas and feedback. I *think* I have a solution that will work for me. I'll change the default mutt temporary directory to something that I can mount easily on the laptop using sshfs, as long as this has a unique name that can be the same on the desktop server and on t

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:57:33AM +, John Long wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:33:05AM +, Chris Green wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > > On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green wrote: > > > >Doesn't anyone use IMAP? I must admit when I tried it

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Green
convenience/ease of doing what I do at the moment (ssh to remote, run mutt there) and running mutt on the local laptop and using IMAP. It seems as if IMAP will overcome a couple of the niggles of ssh/mutt but I'm not sure if it's worth the extra hassle of running an IMAP server and pu

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread John Long
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:11:53AM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 07:07:10AM +, John Long wrote: > > > > I don't see how IMAP helps. What exactly is the difference in terms of > > > > how > > > > you read mail and where the apps run as opposed to POP? The only thing > > >

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread John Long
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:33:05AM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green 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 f

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green 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 sp

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 07:07:10AM +, John Long wrote: > > > I don't see how IMAP helps. What exactly is the difference in terms of how > > > you read mail and where the apps run as opposed to POP? The only thing > > > IMAP > > > does it make you rely on a remote mail server. I never use IMAP

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-09 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Cameron, On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > 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. I have been doing this for some years now, with

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 08Dec2014 22:04, Chris Green 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'

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread John Long
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 09:59:17PM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:33:40PM +, John Long wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > > > mail spool. Mail is delivered

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread David J. Weller-Fahy
* Chris Green [2014-12-08 17:09 -0500]: 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 stopped using IMAP directly a while ago, and started using offli

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:40:15PM -0300, Eduardo Alvarez wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > > > At the moment

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:33:40PM +, John Long wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > > > At the moment to ac

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Eduardo Alvarez
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > At the moment to access my mail remotely I ssh into the server and run > mutt. This wor

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread John Long
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:19:55PM +, Chris Green wrote: > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > At the moment to access my mail remotely I ssh into the server and run > mutt. I suspec

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 12:15:06PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Chris Green [12-08-14 11:52]: > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > [...] > > > >From *outside* I utilize fish:///local/directory/... > > > Usually the html files are not that large and doing t

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Chris Green [12-08-14 11:52]: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...] > > >From *outside* I utilize fish:///local/directory/... > > Usually the html files are not that large and doing the transfer in the > > background, you can continue doing something else rat

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Chris Green [12-08-14 10:40]: > > > I work somewhat similarily. I store all mail on my local box and maintain > > > a tmux session which I access remotely via ssh -X. I can view html using > > > the home machine's browser remo

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Chris Green [12-08-14 10:40]: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Chris Green [12-08-14 10:21]: > > > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > > > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > > >

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Chris Green [12-08-14 10:21]: > > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > > > At the moment to access my mail remotely

Re: Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Chris Green [12-08-14 10:21]: > I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) > mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). > > At the moment to access my mail remotely I ssh into the server and run > mutt. This works well in general but there

Some fairly simple-minded questions about using mutt with IMAP

2014-12-08 Thread Chris Green
I have been using mutt for many, many years with a local (Unix style) mail spool. Mail is delivered to my system by SMTP (postfix locally). At the moment to access my mail remotely I ssh into the server and run mutt. This works well in general but there are some disadvantages, in particular the

Re: Mutt with IMAP not checking (subscribed) folders

2008-01-11 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am 2008-01-08 22:53:10, schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter: > > Almost a week gone by and nobody picked this mail up. > > :-) Maybe to less infos... This I can hopefully mend... > > Am I asking the wrong list? Is there some error so obvious nobody even > > t

Re: Mutt with IMAP not checking (subscribed) folders

2008-01-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-08 22:53:10, schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter: > Almost a week gone by and nobody picked this mail up. :-) Maybe to less infos... > Am I asking the wrong list? Is there some error so obvious nobody even thinks > its worth to answer? First of all: Since you have: set folder=imap://m

Re: Mutt with IMAP not checking (subscribed) folders

2008-01-08 Thread Kyle Wheeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, January 8 at 10:53 PM, quoth Patrick Ben Koetter: >Almost a week gone by and nobody picked this mail up. > >Am I asking the wrong list? Is there some error so obvious nobody even thinks >its worth to answer? Worse: nobody knows the answe

Re: Mutt with IMAP not checking (subscribed) folders

2008-01-08 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
Almost a week gone by and nobody picked this mail up. Am I asking the wrong list? Is there some error so obvious nobody even thinks its worth to answer? Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Patrick Ben Koetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am having problems getting mutt [Mutt 1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11)

Mutt with IMAP not checking (subscribed) folders

2008-01-03 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
I am having problems getting mutt [Mutt 1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) with patches from Ubuntu] to check all subscribed subfolders of my IMAP INBOX. The problem might stem from my configuration. All I could find reading various documentation was this: set imap_user='username' set imap_pass='passwo

Re: Mutt with IMAP - Mozilla and Kmail faster?

2002-03-12 Thread Sven Guckes
* Gerhard Hring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020312 02:11]: > Le 11/03/02 à 17:15, Gerhard Häring écrivit: > > Le 11/03/02 à 15:54, Simon White écrivit: > > > [mutt & imap is slow] > > Reading the ~5000 emails from my mutt-user folder takes approx. 18 > > seconds. That's really slow, IMNSHO. > Apparently,

Re: Mutt with IMAP

2002-03-11 Thread Gerhard Häring
Le 11/03/02 à 17:15, Gerhard Häring écrivit: > Le 11/03/02 à 15:54, Simon White écrivit: > > [mutt & imap is slow] > > [...] > Reading the ~5000 emails from my mutt-user folder takes approx. 18 > seconds. That's really slow, IMNSHO. I think the only thing that would > really help would be to inst

Re: Mutt with IMAP

2002-03-11 Thread Gerhard Häring
Le 11/03/02 à 15:54, Simon White écrivit: > Hello > > I am having some performance problems with IMAP via MUTT, it seems hungrier > for I/O than PINE was. However, I like mutt enough to put up with some > slowness, but over a 10mbps network direct to the mailserver I'd expect it to > be a bit bet

Mutt with IMAP

2002-03-11 Thread Simon White
Hello I am having some performance problems with IMAP via MUTT, it seems hungrier for I/O than PINE was. However, I like mutt enough to put up with some slowness, but over a 10mbps network direct to the mailserver I'd expect it to be a bit better. Maybe a better IMAP server would help. I can fin