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Patrick Asselman iceblink at seti.nl
Mon Sep 9 06:59:50 UTC 2013


On 2013-09-08 16:02, thufir wrote:
> I recently (re-)discovered alpine, formerly alpine, soon to change 
> its
> name again(?).  Interestingly, it'll now be under some sort of open
> source license.
>
> Anyhow.
>
> I never got into emacs, the macros just weren't for me.  I like pine, 
> but
> offline IMAP is a bit of a hassle, with some python script.  What are
> some good alternatives?  I've looked at the wikipedia on MUA 
> comparison.
> Elm looks interesting.
>
> Any particular recommendations?
>
>
> -Thufir

Which is best depends on your usage of course.

Back in the days, I started with Elm, then went to Pine, and ended up 
using Mutt.
Don't ask me why, I really cannot remember :-) But I'm sure some 
googling will tell you the differences.

Best regards,
Patrick




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