[Gllug] Mail programs

[tet at accucard.com]

>I know it's going to be mainly a personal choice thing but I'm not
>aware of which clients are available and what their strengths and
>weaknesses are.

While we're on the subject, I'm also looking for a new mail reader.
I currently use nmh/exmh, which is great, but it's a bit buggy, and
in particular, it doesn't handle forwarding attachments, which is a
real pain in the ass. However, I've yet to find anything else that
meets my requirements, so I stick with it for now. If anyone knows
of something that:

- lets me edit messages using vi
- read mail both when I'm sitting in X, and when I'm remotely logged in
  from a text-only terminal

then I'd love to hear about it. those two features are critical and
non-negotiable. Others that would be nice are:

- the ability to customise headers, preferably with as much flexibility
  as mh/nmh
- allowing me to use procmail to filter incoming mail
- (optionally) forwards attachments
- handles bulk forwarding well

but I could probably get by without them if I had to. Of the ones I've
looked at, I think Balsa has a lot of potential, but it fails on my
first criteria, so I didn't even bother looking for the other features.

Tet

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