replacement for netscrape mail

[Mark Komarinski]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:36:11PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:13:53PM -0500, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> > > > I think you will find your life gets much easier if you
> > > > split the two functions.
> > > 
> > > tried it with mutt.  very, very suboptimal imho.
> > 
> > The only good thing about mutt is if you're going over a ssh link to get
> > where you're going (since I only read my work mail from my desktop or via
> > the web, a graphical app is no problem).  Going to a remote machine, or one
> > that you will access from anywhere almost requires some sort of text-based
> > app.  Hence why I use mutt for my home account.  But once mutt wants to
> > show me some HTML mail, things go wrong.  Or at least, not-that-easy.
> 
> I have to disagree.  You probably just don't have it set up well.  All
> you need is two entries in your .mailcap:
> 
>   text/html; mozrem %s mailwindow; needsterminal
>   text/html; lynx -force_html -dump %s; copiousoutput
 
The problem with that is you've lost the reason you're using a text mailer
to begin with.  You use a text mailer because it's *not* graphical.  As nice
as lynx is, it's okay for those who use MSN and insist on sending HTML-mail,
but that's about it.  Maybe I'm not set up properly, but I have to go
through at least 3-4 keystrokes before I can see an e-mail written in
HTML.  In addition, replying to HTML-mail brings up a blank page (as in,
the HTML-mail is not converted to text and quoted).

Again, I may have it misconfigured.

> Also, if you use PGP, it has about the best PGP support of any mailer
> I've used.

Evolution is getting better at it, including auto sign/encrypting mail.
I need to get PGP set up on my box(es), but every time I set it up, the
configuration/key sending procedure gets me messed up.  So now I have at least
one key from 4 years ago under my own name and I have NO way of revoking it
(whoops).

Maybe a future meeting can discuss the nuances of PGP?

-Mark