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
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 unless
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
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
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 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
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
IMAP
does
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 are running [your ssh session from, your local system]. All
mutt's working
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 c...@isbd.net wrote:
Doesn't anyone use IMAP? I must admit when I tried
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
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 are running
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 read my
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 wondering
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 c...@isbd.net [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
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 time.
Yes,
On 09Dec2014 10:33, Chris Green c...@isbd.net wrote:
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:21:31PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
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
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
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [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
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [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
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [12-08-14 10:40]:
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [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
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [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
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [12-08-14 11:52]:
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
[...]
From *outside* I utilize fish://ip-addr/local/directory/...
Usually the html files are not that large and doing the transfer in the
background, you can continue doing
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 12:15:06PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [12-08-14 11:52]:
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
[...]
From *outside* I utilize fish://ip-addr/local/directory/...
Usually the html files are not that large
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 suspect
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 works
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 access my
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 to
* Chris Green c...@isbd.net [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
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 to my
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
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