[orca-list] email suggestions (was: Using Linux everyday)

["John G. Heim" <jheim math wisc edu>]

From: "Jason White" <jason jasonjgw net>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:10 PM


> John G. Heim <jheim math wisc edu> wrote:
>
> > Really, what I think you're asking is if orca is good enough so that
> > a blind person can use linux every day in their job. I don't know
> > about that. I only know that I haven't manage it yet. The hold up
> > for me is primarily mail. I haven't been able to become efficient
> > enough in evolution to swtich to linux/orca full time.
>
> Have you tried Mutt or Alpine?

Hmm... Intersting idea. I have used both mutt and alpine in a terminal 
window because part of my job is to support those applications. I didn't 
think it would be efficient to use a character based program but I never 
really gave it a serious try. I really would like to find some way to read 
my mail in linux that is as quick and easy as outlook express. I'm willing 
to try anything.

As a systems administrator, I probably spend 99% of my time doing just 4 
things, web browsing, editing text, starting/stopping servers  at the 
command line, and responding to email. For web browsing, I've pretty much 
been able to switch from jaws and Internet Explorer to orca and firefox. 
That transition was fairly painless. So was the transition from TextPad to 
gedit. And of course, a terminal window in gnome works even better than 
openssh or putty. But I've really struggled with mail