[Techtalk] mutt is trying to drive me crazy ...

[David Merrill]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:56:28PM +1100, Mary wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 06:45:30PM -0800, jennyw wrote:
> > set realname = "Jen Wu" set from = jennyw at dangerousideas.com ...
> > 
> > Is this just plain wrong?
> 
> According to the mutt manual these ought to work. But I think I have
> also had trouble using them. Hence the my_hdr alternative.
> 
> > > Incidently, when yousay you are looking for a good mail client, what
> > > is your criterion?
> > 
> > I use several mail clients. I guess I'd like a text-based one, and
> > Mutt seems to be the one that everyone says is great.  My mail is all
> > kept on IMAP servers, though, and I've heard that IMAP support in PINE
> > is better, so I might try that instead (also, I used PINE years ago in
> > college, so it'll be a bit more familiar).
> 
> I've never used IMAP in Pine, so it might well be better, but I have
> used it in mutt, and it was fine for me in mutt.

I read that IMAP support was greatly improved in one of the newer Mutt
releases, so perhaps that was true but is no longer true. I don't know
for sure, though, since I don't know anything about Pine.

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