[freebsd-questions] mutt was a failure, alternatives?

[Igor V. Ruzanov]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:

|On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 06:50:08PM +0400, Igor V. Ruzanov wrote:
|> On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Lena at lena.kiev.ua wrote:
|> 
|> |> my attempt at compiling mutt with sasl support was
|> |> a major failure.
|> |> may i know the usual approach used for email under
|> |> freebsd 10?
|> |
|> |I use Mutt since when version 1.4 was the default. It doesn't support SMTP
|> |(hasn't smtp_url config option), outgoing mail is sent via pipe to sendmail
|> |(or a sendmail-compatible MTA: Exim, Postfix, perhaps "ssmtp" too).
|> |I use port mail/sendmail-sasl (sendmail+tls+sasl2-8.14.8).
|> |Mutt 1.5 also does that if you don't specify smtp_url.
|> |
|> |Mutt doesn't need SASL for pulling incoming mail via POP3 (port 110) and
|> |POP3S (encrypted, port 995).
|> 
|> You could try PINE - fully functional console Program for Internet News 
|> and Email. Supported protocols SMTP/IMAP4 (but not POP3). With or without 
|> SSL/TLS. I use PINE since 1997, happy and satisfied.
|
|yes, just tried it out, like it a bit, but found it sluggish compared
|to "mutt".
|
Its a question of habit :))
By the way, PINE as a distributive gives good c-client API to manage 
IMAP-folders with your own code if you like programming.

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