On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:13:33PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > Yup, and much s-l-o-w-e-r. But I don't *want* a gui for email. I > can read my *remote* email *much* faster using ssh and mutt than I > can read local email with a GUI mail client. I combine the best of both worlds. On most machines, if I want mail, I run mutt locally with mail retrieved from an IMAP server. I get the benefit of centralised mail with the benefits of running the mail client locally (e.g. saving files and spawning X applications). But on my laptop, I run a nifty little Python utility called "offlineimap". It does bidirectional sync between a remote IMAP server and a local "Maildir" hierarchy. Since most mail clients have great support for maildir, it's basically a MUA-independent IMAP proxy with 100% persistent caching. Huge benefits for both speed and offline access. Very useful app.
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