I used to have a "homely mutt"[1] kind of setup but eventually got tired of offline imap, msmtp, and all that.<p>Now I use mutt only directly on the server running exim. Painless support for multiple domains, completely arbitrary from addresses with no configuration necessary, no imap, no magic directories showing up for no reason, no weird certificates, just pure ssh... It's the way to do it.<p>Otherwise, I stick to generic clients (Google webmail and Android app).<p>[1] <a href="http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/" rel="nofollow">http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/</a>
Also worth mentioning is Karel Zak's mutt fork:<p><a href="https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz</a><p>It uses notmuch for mail indexing/tagging/searching and allows you to use notmuch searches as virtual folders.
Are there any projects trying to reduce the email-server complexity on linux?<p>Mailpile seem to be going in the right direction on the client side, but I have yet to find any self-contained MTA/IMAP solution. With self-contained I mean its configured in one location, doesn't use linux users and has easily extendable storage options.
Is anyone here using GNUS as their daily email client? I used to use mutt back in the day, and I was kind of surprised that the author was using emacs with mutt rather than just using emacs.<p>That said, I got as far as getting emacs / gnus to sync a gmail account before realizing that I'd need to spend some serious time reading manuals and tweaking configuration before I'd be able to use it day to day.
I use a setup very similar to this on OS X.<p>- After using offlineimap for years, I recently switched to mbsync/isync. It is way faster and has been much more stable.<p>- After a stint with sup (<a href="http://supmua.org" rel="nofollow">http://supmua.org</a>), I'm now back to mutt. I really love sup's interface, but it was a little too flaky.<p>- I use a script called "mail" that starts a tmux session then launches mutt in it:<p><pre><code> #!/bin/sh
tmux -2 new-session -d -s mail -n 'mutt' "export TERM=screen-256color; mutt"
tmux select-window -t 1
tmux attach-session -d -t mail
</code></pre>
Then, in mutt I have the double-quote mapped to a macro that executes a shell command to split the tmux window and launch a read-only instance of mutt:<p><pre><code> macro index,pager \" "<enter-command> \
unset wait_key<enter><shell-escape> \
tmux split-window -h \"mutt -R\"<enter>" "open new mutt"
</code></pre>
This is my way of having an "async compose" pane for writing emails. I had tried replacing the mutt EDITOR variable with a command that splits the window and launches vim, but there are a lot of annoyances with that approach. Launching another mutt is way easier, and it also allows for easily viewing two emails at once.<p>That said, there are a lot of nice tips in here that I'll incorporate into my setup. Thanks for posting!
Very nice. My biggest objection is to Mutt (which I agree sucks <i>less</i> than many options). It is not clear to me that "mail client" is one job - I find myself happiest with nmh.
Re address books and mutt. I recently integrated my Owncloud contacts into Mutt by following these instructions:<p><a href="http://got-tty.org/archives/mutt-kontakte-aus-owncloud-nutzen.html" rel="nofollow">http://got-tty.org/archives/mutt-kontakte-aus-owncloud-nutze...</a><p>They're in German, but they're easy enough to follow even if you don't speak it (I don't). It works really well.
I've been considering switching to an IMAP/mutt email setting on the desktop.<p>But what is the best mobile / iOS client to use?<p>Which mobile client meets the desiderata he lists (fast, works offline, etc.)?