On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:15:26PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > [ Lewis Pike wrote on Mon 17.Sep'12 at 16:52:41 -0400 ] > > I'm certainly not set on IMAP if something else can do the trick. > > I'm also not opposed to storing my mails locally if need be. > > Setting up my own SMTP and forwarding to that might be interesting > > exercise. With your particular setup is mutt updated on receipt > > of new emails in near-realtime or do you have to periodically poll > > for them? > > Well my set up is I have my own domain and have set up DNS with a > static IP and run a local MTA. I then used the Gmail web interface > to forward email to a local account, i.e. the address I'm posting > from. I then simply have my Gmail address as one of my $alternates > and use $reverse_reply so I receive Gmail instantaneously (almost) > and deal with it locally. > > I personally prefer not to use IMAP with mutt, other people no doubt > prefer it or have no other option available for whatever reason.
I've only ever used IMAP. As someone who has used both, could you comment on what you dislike about using mutt with IMAP? > Programs like offlineimap and fetchmail will poll IMAP and/or POP > servers periodically. The former does not require a local MTA; > fetchmail can be used with a local MTA for delivery or an MDA like > procmail. Sending mail will require a local sendmail binary of some > form, either with a local MTA or something like msmtp, ssmtp, etc.. > > If I were not able to use a personal domain, etc., I would probably > go for offlineimap which stores/syncs mail locally into Maildirs > which when used with mutt is fast. It also syncs the remote IMAP > server with changes you've made locally, such as the Sent Maildir, > etc.. Unfortunately, I'm not on my own domain; just your standard DSL Internet service and this probably limits my options somewhat. I have heard about Offlineimap but have yet to give it a go. It doesn't take Gmail's IMAP implementation out of the equation, which others in the thread have suggested is the source of my original problems, but it is probably worth playing around with regardless. > Hope that helps. Other mutt users on the list may be able to provide > better options for you. I really appreciate the feedback. It's clear that there's more than one way to do it; consequently, I've been curious learn about other people's choices and why they like them. -- Lewis
