Re: [dev] Sup and dmc

On 4/6/11, Hank D <hdonnay_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is that mutt sucks, too.
>
True. It can be configured to suck even less, though. But I want a
minimalist alternative that's configured to suck less *at build time*.

> If the default for a text-based MUA is not to just display text,
> something's awry.
>
IMO, MUA should simply draw a list of messages to it's console, and
simply pipe message contents through mailcap, for opening in another
window, overwriting the message list or (if you're living in another
century than I am) forwarding to a line printer producing a hardcopy.

Mutt, on the other hand, sports a built in pager. Sucks.

> Not to mention the very outdated model of email it uses and the lack
> of support for multiple email accounts.
>
I thought that to be mostly a MTA problem. Note, though, that mutt
supports multiple 'mailboxes' (switching between them is usually bound
to 'c').

Really, how many MUAs out there let WMs control their windows? Claws?
Received on Sat Apr 09 2011 - 12:25:16 CEST