[xubuntu-users] Text email clients--Mutt, Alpine, Cone--anyone use them?

[Chris McCormick]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 02:23:04PM -0600, kelly wrote:
> I use Alpine also.  Fast as a thief it is.  I've never attempted to
> setup 'Roles', sorry I cannot help with that.

I have used mutt for years and a little while ago I installed mutt-patched which allowed me to set up the excellent sidebar plugin. Multiple inboxes for work/personal, hooray!

> If you want a very fast yet light weight graphical e-mail client --
> Claws (http://www.claws-mail.org/) is the answer.  It is the e-mail
> client I use instead of Alpine for this one reason -- encryption.
> 
> Try Claws, I believe it is far better than Thunderbird or Evolution.

Recently I have enjoyed Postler:

https://launchpad.net/postler
http://twotoasts.de/index.php?/categories/6-Postler

Cheers,

Chris.
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