On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 10:02:16PM +0000, Rodrigo Readi wrote: > But the main problem remains: with s-nail and mutt you have to > download all attachments > even if you only want to read the text.
Out of interest, why is this an issue in your specific use case? Is it due to bandwidth usage, (I.E. you are on a metered connection and want to reduce data usage), or is it due to speed, in other words browsing through your inbox is slower than it needs to be due to downloading all attachments instead of just the text part? Storing your mail long-term on a remote server and accessing it via a remote mail access protocol such as IMAP has some convenient perks, but it's by no means the only practical way of working. If you're hitting up against it's limitations then maybe it's time to consider the alternative. If you're not on a metered connection, then having 'real' mail delivery via SMTP right to your desktop or a local mailserver, makes browsing and searching your mailspools faster than it will ever likely be over an internet based IMAP connection. If you need remote access to your mail, there are ways to do this from your own server, and if you don't want to or can't set up inbound SMTP then there are ways to pull mail using POP3 or IMAP and feed it in to the local mail spool.
