On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:38:29PM +1100, Craig Ayliffe wrote: > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the mail is in /Maildir structire > > > > if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? > > > > I don't seem to be able to access the actual /Maildir:
> You could try pinq - comes with pine. > > It basically converts a maildir to mbox, and then loads it into pine. > Read the docs on it before using it tho. > > (I can't comment on whether mutt would be better, having never tried it > yet) Some of the advantages of mutt (to which jeff alluded earlier), * it can use Maildir (or mbox) * it has a freer license, and it's in debian main * it's more scriptable than pine * it handles gpg without patching (I think you can patch pine) * you can modify the keys to be just like pine ... * you can set the editor to vim * you can just make a big .muttrc and you are set * Maildir and procmail work well together procmail * (example) you can edit an mbox file with mutt -f mbox Pine on the other hand also has some advantages, * the license is more restrictive, and you get to download source only (though there are binary backports) * you get to compile it, e.g. when you want to add pgp support * it is quite easy to use from information on the screen * you don't have to find out how to make it use Maildir (mutt uses environment vars or the .muttrc for this) * you can play with pine settings from within pine * you don't need procmail to split mailing lists into folders * I used it for ages, and the keys got stuck in my fingers Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
