From: Simon Chopin Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:42:39 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect mail client X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a16c140e994aff987be1fc5924a26ff8ce30a096;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Looking for the perfect mail client --- diff --git a/b3/d8d41ff5e1a54c453434f48ddb6d3dbaa949a7 b/b3/d8d41ff5e1a54c453434f48ddb6d3dbaa949a7 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ecaa059e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/b3/d8d41ff5e1a54c453434f48ddb6d3dbaa949a7 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63F0E431FB6 + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:48 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.799 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id lWBrnK8cmrnV for ; + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:43 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com + [209.85.212.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79FCD431FAE + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:43 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id hi2so1408987wib.8 + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:41 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from:user-agent + :to:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:date; + bh=o4OPkH8FBXCvNTYjtoUTUXSX3CTgYWAuELBQ3WzAPWY=; + b=0APpysWMAtANzU7F0Q9spH6wuCDn1GNHJVd4hRQSRUMAW9tSe7U9Sm6wIM0W0AtfFd + SA8GZGP+WGQNi6gIpxWt1zGNnBIf4uB5XtYtOfDjpzl0ra7AeX3KuK0aFNVcyhh+QaP8 + Nas/RA4R1SpAR2sK1B8xlLJdFzLzNJZsHdLEjC9337Ha0kJMCrn/6GTcjiAxIdyMIizw + re7JAmd1VG9+Y/Xf/IEeax7SugW9csvsohpPdwZAVewRvacyncMfL9+W+EdkQyz7eBF8 + 1D2QCyJuPJ3DQQlEx90bUkr8JI5qDuTo0l85Z2HRjahvIuupUHdC2NTdW7QjO8X7Oyn/ + RmnQ== +X-Received: by 10.194.84.6 with SMTP id u6mr40861956wjy.68.1413888161582; + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:41 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost ([2a01:e35:8a8f:260:5627:1eff:fe0b:8819]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id + bl9sm12649228wib.24.2014.10.21.03.42.40 for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:42:40 -0700 (PDT) +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +From: Simon Chopin +User-Agent: alot/0.3.6 +To: Sepp Tannhuber , + "notmuch@notmuchmail.org" +References: <1413885757.29658.YahooMailNeo@web172702.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> +In-Reply-To: <1413885757.29658.YahooMailNeo@web172702.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> +Message-ID: <20141021104239.2762.34625@sauron> +Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect mail client +Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:42:39 +0200 +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:42:48 -0000 + +Hi Sepp, + +Quoting Sepp Tannhuber (2014-10-21 12:02:37) +> Dear all, +> = + +> I'm wondering whether there's a notmuch mail client +> - with a handling similar to alot +> - which is capable to show html content without html2ascii conversion +> - which can use vim as editor +> - which doesn't need a web browser + +You can't show HTML content without a web browser or a conversion +to ascii AFAIK (BTW, alot uses w3m, which is a web browser :-) ). So you ne= +ed +to choose between the two (or viewing raw HTML, of course) + +> - which doesn't need a mouse +> - which is fast + +That last point is my main problem with alot. There are some algorithms +within the widgets that seem unobviously slow to me. + +> In principle, alot is the perfect mail client for me except that I've +> many problems with all the html mails people send to me. So I'm wondering +> whether anybody knows a webkit based alot fork or something similar. It's +> strange that after so many years I'm still looking for the perfect mail +> client. + +Cheers, +Simon