Are there any alternatives to mutt?
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I really like the idea of Mutt, reading mail in the terminal. I'm not really pleased with some inconsistencies and the imap handling. I set about trying to find some alternatives to mutt, but I can't seem to find any.
What alternatives to the mutt e-mailclient for terminal exist for linux?
email mutt
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
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I really like the idea of Mutt, reading mail in the terminal. I'm not really pleased with some inconsistencies and the imap handling. I set about trying to find some alternatives to mutt, but I can't seem to find any.
What alternatives to the mutt e-mailclient for terminal exist for linux?
email mutt
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
I've seen a lot of folks usinggnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?
– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
3
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
1
@jaapz for the Status Bar: useset status_charsandset status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.
– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53
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show 3 more comments
I really like the idea of Mutt, reading mail in the terminal. I'm not really pleased with some inconsistencies and the imap handling. I set about trying to find some alternatives to mutt, but I can't seem to find any.
What alternatives to the mutt e-mailclient for terminal exist for linux?
email mutt
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
I really like the idea of Mutt, reading mail in the terminal. I'm not really pleased with some inconsistencies and the imap handling. I set about trying to find some alternatives to mutt, but I can't seem to find any.
What alternatives to the mutt e-mailclient for terminal exist for linux?
email mutt
email mutt
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
asked Apr 5 '14 at 8:01
jaapzjaapz
274139
274139
I've seen a lot of folks usinggnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?
– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
3
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
1
@jaapz for the Status Bar: useset status_charsandset status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.
– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53
|
show 3 more comments
I've seen a lot of folks usinggnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?
– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
3
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
1
@jaapz for the Status Bar: useset status_charsandset status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.
– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53
I've seen a lot of folks using
gnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
I've seen a lot of folks using
gnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
3
3
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
1
1
@jaapz for the Status Bar: use
set status_chars and set status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53
@jaapz for the Status Bar: use
set status_chars and set status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53
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The obvious answer is Alpine, which used to be Pine, but was freed by the University of Washington. Pine is non-free software, Alpine is free software. Alpine is quite similar to Mutt, but Mutt is generally considered to be more powerful and flexible. The current active branch of Alpine is a fork called Re-Alpine, since the University of Washington has largely ceased development of Alpine as of 2008.
The Wikipedia pages on Pine and Alpine cover the history adequately.
I'd recommend trying to figure out your issues with Mutt instead of jumping to another mail client. Alpine inherits a polished user interface from Pine, but has some significant limitations and inflexibilities compared to Mutt. Therefore, you may find using it comes with its own problems.
Personally, I've used Pine since 1994, and switched to Alpine when that became available. I've thought over the years that I ought to be using Mutt instead, but never managed a successful transition.
Incidentally, IMAP was created by the late Mark Crispin, who used to work at the University of Washington developing IMAP. He was therefore also, unsurprisingly, responsible for Pine's IMAP support.
In the Pine credits he is listed thus:
C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSDmailto Pine around 1994. I've triedMutt, too, but never made the switch.
– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
add a comment |
Check these out:
sup — A curses threads-with-tags style email client
aerc — Asynchronous email client for your terminal
(slow development)
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
add a comment |
You might want to consider nmh, a set of programs for messing with mail. As each function is a separate command, you can mix and match, and combine them with any old Unix command/filter.
Never forget the venerable mail and Mail programs...
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
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The obvious answer is Alpine, which used to be Pine, but was freed by the University of Washington. Pine is non-free software, Alpine is free software. Alpine is quite similar to Mutt, but Mutt is generally considered to be more powerful and flexible. The current active branch of Alpine is a fork called Re-Alpine, since the University of Washington has largely ceased development of Alpine as of 2008.
The Wikipedia pages on Pine and Alpine cover the history adequately.
I'd recommend trying to figure out your issues with Mutt instead of jumping to another mail client. Alpine inherits a polished user interface from Pine, but has some significant limitations and inflexibilities compared to Mutt. Therefore, you may find using it comes with its own problems.
Personally, I've used Pine since 1994, and switched to Alpine when that became available. I've thought over the years that I ought to be using Mutt instead, but never managed a successful transition.
Incidentally, IMAP was created by the late Mark Crispin, who used to work at the University of Washington developing IMAP. He was therefore also, unsurprisingly, responsible for Pine's IMAP support.
In the Pine credits he is listed thus:
C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSDmailto Pine around 1994. I've triedMutt, too, but never made the switch.
– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
add a comment |
The obvious answer is Alpine, which used to be Pine, but was freed by the University of Washington. Pine is non-free software, Alpine is free software. Alpine is quite similar to Mutt, but Mutt is generally considered to be more powerful and flexible. The current active branch of Alpine is a fork called Re-Alpine, since the University of Washington has largely ceased development of Alpine as of 2008.
The Wikipedia pages on Pine and Alpine cover the history adequately.
I'd recommend trying to figure out your issues with Mutt instead of jumping to another mail client. Alpine inherits a polished user interface from Pine, but has some significant limitations and inflexibilities compared to Mutt. Therefore, you may find using it comes with its own problems.
Personally, I've used Pine since 1994, and switched to Alpine when that became available. I've thought over the years that I ought to be using Mutt instead, but never managed a successful transition.
Incidentally, IMAP was created by the late Mark Crispin, who used to work at the University of Washington developing IMAP. He was therefore also, unsurprisingly, responsible for Pine's IMAP support.
In the Pine credits he is listed thus:
C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSDmailto Pine around 1994. I've triedMutt, too, but never made the switch.
– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
add a comment |
The obvious answer is Alpine, which used to be Pine, but was freed by the University of Washington. Pine is non-free software, Alpine is free software. Alpine is quite similar to Mutt, but Mutt is generally considered to be more powerful and flexible. The current active branch of Alpine is a fork called Re-Alpine, since the University of Washington has largely ceased development of Alpine as of 2008.
The Wikipedia pages on Pine and Alpine cover the history adequately.
I'd recommend trying to figure out your issues with Mutt instead of jumping to another mail client. Alpine inherits a polished user interface from Pine, but has some significant limitations and inflexibilities compared to Mutt. Therefore, you may find using it comes with its own problems.
Personally, I've used Pine since 1994, and switched to Alpine when that became available. I've thought over the years that I ought to be using Mutt instead, but never managed a successful transition.
Incidentally, IMAP was created by the late Mark Crispin, who used to work at the University of Washington developing IMAP. He was therefore also, unsurprisingly, responsible for Pine's IMAP support.
In the Pine credits he is listed thus:
C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
The obvious answer is Alpine, which used to be Pine, but was freed by the University of Washington. Pine is non-free software, Alpine is free software. Alpine is quite similar to Mutt, but Mutt is generally considered to be more powerful and flexible. The current active branch of Alpine is a fork called Re-Alpine, since the University of Washington has largely ceased development of Alpine as of 2008.
The Wikipedia pages on Pine and Alpine cover the history adequately.
I'd recommend trying to figure out your issues with Mutt instead of jumping to another mail client. Alpine inherits a polished user interface from Pine, but has some significant limitations and inflexibilities compared to Mutt. Therefore, you may find using it comes with its own problems.
Personally, I've used Pine since 1994, and switched to Alpine when that became available. I've thought over the years that I ought to be using Mutt instead, but never managed a successful transition.
Incidentally, IMAP was created by the late Mark Crispin, who used to work at the University of Washington developing IMAP. He was therefore also, unsurprisingly, responsible for Pine's IMAP support.
In the Pine credits he is listed thus:
C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
edited Apr 5 '14 at 9:45
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
answered Apr 5 '14 at 9:30
Faheem MithaFaheem Mitha
23.1k1882136
23.1k1882136
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSDmailto Pine around 1994. I've triedMutt, too, but never made the switch.
– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
add a comment |
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSDmailto Pine around 1994. I've triedMutt, too, but never made the switch.
– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
I will look into Re-alpine as well, thanks!
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:58
2
2
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSD
mail to Pine around 1994. I've tried Mutt, too, but never made the switch.– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
I'd like to echo Faheem Mitha's personal Pine story. Oddly, I switched from BSD
mail to Pine around 1994. I've tried Mutt, too, but never made the switch.– Bruce Ediger
Apr 5 '14 at 17:17
2
2
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
Also, because this is actually a legit answer to my question, I'll mark this as the accepted answer, although I've now wrestled a bit more with mutt to make it work to my liking :)
– jaapz
Apr 10 '14 at 13:30
add a comment |
Check these out:
sup — A curses threads-with-tags style email client
aerc — Asynchronous email client for your terminal
(slow development)
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
add a comment |
Check these out:
sup — A curses threads-with-tags style email client
aerc — Asynchronous email client for your terminal
(slow development)
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
add a comment |
Check these out:
sup — A curses threads-with-tags style email client
aerc — Asynchronous email client for your terminal
(slow development)
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
Check these out:
sup — A curses threads-with-tags style email client
aerc — Asynchronous email client for your terminal
(slow development)
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
edited Feb 10 at 21:12
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
answered May 18 '15 at 20:58
octosquidopusoctosquidopus
20014
20014
add a comment |
add a comment |
You might want to consider nmh, a set of programs for messing with mail. As each function is a separate command, you can mix and match, and combine them with any old Unix command/filter.
Never forget the venerable mail and Mail programs...
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
add a comment |
You might want to consider nmh, a set of programs for messing with mail. As each function is a separate command, you can mix and match, and combine them with any old Unix command/filter.
Never forget the venerable mail and Mail programs...
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
add a comment |
You might want to consider nmh, a set of programs for messing with mail. As each function is a separate command, you can mix and match, and combine them with any old Unix command/filter.
Never forget the venerable mail and Mail programs...
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
You might want to consider nmh, a set of programs for messing with mail. As each function is a separate command, you can mix and match, and combine them with any old Unix command/filter.
Never forget the venerable mail and Mail programs...
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
14.3k22644
answered Jan 13 '16 at 19:51
vonbrandvonbrand
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14.3k22644
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I've seen a lot of folks using
gnus, though haven't used it myself in a while. BTW, what is it that you are struggling with?– devnull
Apr 5 '14 at 8:19
Imap keeps hanging mutt because my internet can be a bit spotty. Keybindings are a bit inconsistent. I don't really like some of the spacing and placing of items. Haven't found a way yet to change the statusbar in the bottom.
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 8:32
3
Instead of mutt's native (and sub-par) IMAP handling, use OfflineIMAP to manage mail retrieval; that way you get excellent IMAP support and the most suckless MUA... If you want another MUA, look at notmuch.
– jasonwryan
Apr 5 '14 at 9:36
I will look into offlineimap then first, thanks :)
– jaapz
Apr 5 '14 at 10:57
1
@jaapz for the Status Bar: use
set status_charsandset status_format. Check stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/#configuring for an example.– Nikos Alexandris
Apr 20 '14 at 9:53