[Nmh-workers] Maildir/MH advantages

Hi I was wondering, what are the (supposed) advantages of maildir over MH? All I could find is that its filenames are unique and contain metadata, so that file locking is not needed. Apart from that, are there any substantial benefits? Personally I like simple things, so simple numbered filen

Re: [Nmh-workers] A useless but interesting exercise: Design MH from scratch in the 2014 context

These comments are all very interesting and stimulating. Something useful might eventually come out of this discussion, like MH v2.0. --Otto ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers

Re: [Nmh-workers] Front-end census

On 2014-02-14 15:37, Michael Richardson wrote: I can even run it (emacs+MHE) on my tablet (yes, it has a keyboard) with a debian chroot installed 20 hour of battery life, it is nice. This is slightly off topic, I know, but what tablet has a 20 hr batter life? I have never heard of tablets

[Nmh-workers] Front-end census

First of all, thanks to all of you guys on this mailing list. I am learning a lot. I hope you will excuse my many questions. I was happy to find out, from Ken's last email, that there is yet another front-end for nmh whose existence I did not know of: MH-V by Steve Rader. I have just downloade

[Nmh-workers] Hybrid approach

The recent discussion on the previous thread brought me to a slightly different train of thoughts: what if I use both Sylpheed/Claws Mail AND nmh/mailutils? Not at the same time, of course. Originally, the email client that I had chosen was Claws Mail, but then I realized that by using the MH t

Re: [Nmh-workers] Should I learn nmh or GNU mailutils?

On 2014-02-13 20:24, heym...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've never had a reason to script anything - I might be the exception. The only thing I've done is changed GUIs that I've used over the years. I started with xmh (X Windows based client), moved to exmh (TCL based client), to finally settling on S

Re: [Nmh-workers] Should I learn nmh or GNU mailutils?

Thanks for the clarifications. What about ease of use, especially from a newbie perspective? Also, which scripting language would you suggest? Is there already a repository for nhm scripts? ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://

[Nmh-workers] Should I learn nmh or GNU mailutils?

Hi I have decided to learn the MH system and use it for all my (non-professional) email needs. From what I understand, there are two different modern-day incarnations of MH: nmh and GNU mailutils. I need your advice because I can't make up my mind on which to choose. Since I have to learn from