Re: [orca-list] Pondering a new email client.

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel shellworld net>]

The alpine program handles multiple line urls with no problem and that's 
an open source project too.  Maybe mutt could borrow some relevant code 
from alpine and fix this problem.On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Steve Holmes wrote:

> Actually, I use mutt with IMAP and can navigate the various subfolders nicely
> without any trouble.  At this time, I use separate .muttrc files for each
> account (I have two of them.) and use aliases to start each instance of mutt.
> There may be an easier way to do this but I just haven't bothered yet to
> figure that out.  One thing about doing it this way, I can get to my mail
> folders on any box that connects to the IMAP server.
>
> I have used mutt inside a gnome terminal before and one nice thing when doing
> this is I can use flat review to read through a message and if I end up on a
> link, I can right click it and pick 'open link' and have it pop me right into
> Firefox.  That works great as long as the URL doesn't slop over to the next
> line.
>
> On 3/18/2011 4:35 PM, Jason White wrote:
> > hackingKK<hackingkk gmail com>  wrote:
> > > Can some one give me some good instructions and getting started
> > > steps for mut?
> >
> > There are plenty on the Web, which your favourite Web search engine should
> > be
> > able to find. You will also find various sample configuration files.
> > > And yes Can I use it with Orca?
> >
> > Yes, but it's probably better with BRLTTY, Speakup, or whatever your
> > favourite
> > solution is at the console.
> > > Does it help with attachments?
> >
> > It works well with attachments.
> > > I have 2 mailboxes which I almost frequently use.
> > > Is mut good enough for 2 inboxes at a time?
> >
> > A better setup is Fetchmail + Procmail + Mutt, i.e., use Fetchmail to
> > retrieve
> > the mail from an IMAP or POP 3 server, then Procmail to filter it
> > automatically into various folders, then Mutt to read the folders. for a
> > Procmail tutorial see
> > http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
> >
> > Note that with procmail, you can filter spam, delete duplicate messages,
> > etc.,
> > all entirely automatically as the mail arrives.
> >
> > I started using Procmail in the mid 90s and I've never had to sort mail
> > since
> > then.
> >
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