NeoMutt Opinions

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 12:57:12PM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Jeff Abrahamson wrote: 
> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:33:09PM +0000, isdtor wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I fear the days where my dayjob requires me to use something else (than
> > > > neo/mutt).
> > > 
> > > After a corp takeover, my dayjob is fully MS-centric. Yet, I am continuing 
> to use mutt for everything that is required, including S/MIME, and LDAP/AD 
> based address completion. Davmail+tb also works fine for the calendaring 
> aspect. 
> > 
> > I'm curious how you manage this, or maybe it's just a strong-willed eccentricity. ;-)
> > 
> > Interacting with an HTML and mobile-first world has pushed my mutt usage 
> to (mostly) interacting with developers. 
> 
> I'm not isdtor, but my approach is:
> 
> - read plaintext first, then look at HTML via w3m if it's not
>   clear.
> 
I tend to automatically run lynx on HTML messages and look at the
lynxed HTML version (if there is one) in preference to the plain text,
it often actually has more in it the plain text version just being a
sort of afterthought.

If the lynxed version isn't any good then I fire the HTML version at
my web browser.

I have some exceptions, one list in particular adds *vast* amounts of
junk to the HTML whereas the plain text version just has the actual
information I want so I have a message-hook giving me plain text for
that list.


> - have a vcal to text filter conveniently at hand -- a
>   ridiculously large number of people send calendar invites that
>   have no mention in the text of when they want to meet.
> 
Fortunately I get very few of these.


> - have a webmail client available if necessary -- I use this at
>   least once a week, but not every day.
> 
Yes, I occasionally use webmail too.


> - mail on my phone (K9) is solely for interrupts and
>   emergencies. I only sync my inbox.
> 
I just run termux on my phone and connect via ssh to my desktop where
I read the mail using mutt.  :-)

> Mutt is by far the best client for dealing with large amounts of
> mail that can't be autosorted.
> 
... and much, much faster at deleting junk than a GUI.

-- 
Chris Green