On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Steven W. Orr <ste...@syslang.net> wrote: > But the proliferation of html and other attachments is wearing me > down ...
I've been using Gmail for years, long enough that I've fogotten most of my Pine skills, but... Pine could render HTML in text mode last I used it, and would open attachments per the mimecap database. I also had a command that would render an HTML body part in $GUI_BROWSER if a given message just wouldn't play nice. I can prolly dig out my old .pinerc if that helps. For the most part, I find the graphical parts of most HTML messages are not worth reading. They're generally advertisements and/or web beacons (AKA web bugs). Most GUI MUAs don't fetch linked images by default for privacy reasons. > * Does t'bird support local mail? How do I do it? Same for evolution. One possibility is to run an IMAP server against your local mail store. This has other benefits, like being able to access your mail from multiple programs and/or computers and/or operating systems (at once, even). Got a Windoze box you keep around for whatever reason? Even Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) can still open your *nix-based IMAP store. So can most webmail systems. Full disclosure: I'm a big fan of IMAP. > * What do people like better (or best)? Gmail. I find it's just too damn convenient to be able to access all my mail from any web browser, and Gmail does certain things better than most webmail systems I've tried. The AJAXy UI, threading, and search being big ones. The filtering is a little weak, but oh well. With Greasemonkey user scripts, you can add on some missing features, like nested labels. IMO, YMMV, etc., etc. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
