Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-30 Thread Erik Steffl
csj wrote: > > On Saturday 29 December 2001 06:55, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > i find the tabs rather confusing. but then again, my desktop is > > > > simply four xterms (10 desktops thereof), and i usually don't > > > need > more... > > > > > > I suppose you're talking about programs that require

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.2003 +0100]: > That's the detail I decided to pass over. 10 desktops seems indecent. I > can't see what applications you would run in 10 desktops that can't be > done in 2 desktops and 10 (powershell/konsole) tabs. Personally I want > the CLI stuff

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-29 Thread csj
On Saturday 29 December 2001 06:55, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > i find the tabs rather confusing. but then again, my desktop is > > > simply four xterms (10 desktops thereof), and i usually don't > > need > more... > >  > > I suppose you're talking about programs that require user > > interaction (for

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.0507 +0100]: > Also consider multi-gnome-terminal. It's a Debian Unstable package > that's _much_ lighter weight than konsole and cleaner (IMO) than > powershell. It also has the excellent feature of allowing you to invoke > URLs without us

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread Steve Cooper
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:58:54PM +0100, martin f krafft decreed: > also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.28.0807 +0100]: > > From the powershell package description: "PowerShell is a GNOME/Gtk+ > > based terminal emulator which supports many terminals in a single > > window (limited onl

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread Erik Steffl
csj wrote: > > On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:58, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.28.0807 +0100]: > > > From the powershell package description: "PowerShell is a > > > GNOME/Gtk+ based terminal emulator which supports many terminals in > > > a single windo

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.28.2228 +0100]: > I suppose you're talking about programs that require user interaction > (foreground processes). Aside from the hassle of manually opening 10 > different tabs, can you cite an instance where having ten instant shell > sessions is actu

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread csj
On Saturday 29 December 2001 03:58, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.28.0807 +0100]: > > From the powershell package description: "PowerShell is a > > GNOME/Gtk+ based terminal emulator which supports many terminals in > > a single window (limited only by avail

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.28.0807 +0100]: > From the powershell package description: "PowerShell is a GNOME/Gtk+ > based terminal emulator which supports many terminals in a single > window (limited only by available RAM). Each terminal is given a > "notebook" tab which makes

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-28 Thread csj
On Thursday 27 December 2001 07:37, Brian Nelson wrote: > Besides, I hate managing windows.  I don't want a bunch of terms > running mutt just so I can see more than one email at a time.  Just > one window should do, thank you. That shouldn't be a problem with KDE's Konsole or PowerShell. >From t

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-27 Thread Erik Steffl
John Hasler wrote: > > erik writes: > > email storage - where the email is stored. traditionaly this is just > > files, mostly mbox or maildir. that's what is replaced by IMAP. that way > > you have no email in /var/spool/mail/username or ~/mbox or wherever your > > email currently is, the email i

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Kieren Diment
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:58:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: > > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail > > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using > > fetchmail+exim/procmail is t

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread John Hasler
erik writes: > email storage - where the email is stored. traditionaly this is just > files, mostly mbox or maildir. that's what is replaced by IMAP. that way > you have no email in /var/spool/mail/username or ~/mbox or wherever your > email currently is, the email is stored by IMAP (you don't care

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:23:49PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | dman wrote: > | > > | > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > | > > | > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak > | > | for me, > | > > | > IMAP in mutt is

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:23:49PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | dman wrote: | > | > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: | > | > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak | > | for me, | > | > IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversia

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak > | for me, > > IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversial. The author doesn't > really like it (mutt is _just_ a MUA), but there wou

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0208 +0100]: > - no vi(m), unless viper-mode is adequate mh. i forgot it's emacs... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] sum quod eris. pgpqK

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Nelson
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0037 +0100]: > > > as a devoted pine user for years, and eudora for more before that, i > > > concur that mutt rocks. and you *can* (as martin points out) compose > > > and read at the same time

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0154 +0100]: > Well, fetchmail is easy enough -- you just write down what your > mail account information is. exim can be used in place of procmail > (I'm using it now) as it has filter capability. Have you gotten mutt > to automatically put list m

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak | for me, IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversial. The author doesn't really like it (mutt is _just_ a MUA), but there would be too much wailing and

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:58:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: | > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail | > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using | > fetchmail+exim/procmail is t

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0037 +0100]: > > as a devoted pine user for years, and eudora for more before that, i > > concur that mutt rocks. and you *can* (as martin points out) compose > > and read at the same time, all of which stay happily-synchonized with > > '$'

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Nelson
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:18:07PM +0100, marTin insinuated: > > > and I didn't like the single window nature of it (you can't compose > > > a message and read other mail at the same time). > > > > but you can happily spawn two hundred separate instances a

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:18:07PM +0100, marTin insinuated: > > and I didn't like the single window nature of it (you can't compose > > a message and read other mail at the same time). > > but you can happily spawn two hundred separate instances and point > them wherever you like... it works just fin

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2221 +0100]: > Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too > weak for me, yes, IMAP is not a strength. but then again, an IMAP client isn't really a MUA on the same scale of interpretation that mutt without IMAP is on

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Nelson
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: > > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail > > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using > > fetchmail+exim/procmail is that you can switch m

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using > fetchmail+exim/procmail is that you can switch mailers all you want > and are not dependent on a give

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Sam Varghese
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 03:00:53PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:09:24PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > | I ran apt-get install mutt in hopes of setting up a mail box with > | threading for this list. There does not seem to be any POP3 connection > | in the application as

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:09:24PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I ran apt-get install mutt in hopes of setting up a mail box with > threading for this list. There does not seem to be any POP3 connection > in the application as downloaded. Any suggestions? $ apt-

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:09:24PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: | I ran apt-get install mutt in hopes of setting up a mail box with | threading for this list. There does not seem to be any POP3 connection | in the application as downloaded. Any suggestions? www.mutt.org There is a good m

Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Thomas H. George,,,
I ran apt-get install mutt in hopes of setting up a mail box with threading for this list. There does not seem to be any POP3 connection in the application as downloaded. Any suggestions? Tom George