On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 04:54:56PM -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 20:29:22 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > They're on a fast SSD on the same system as mutt is running on so > > 'very expensive' is probably not an issue. > > Typical tools like `ls` don't know that. GUI browsers might be smarter, > but that hasn't been consistent IME. Not sure about terminal browsers so > much. > > > As I said 'very expensive' may not be an issue. > > Maybe there's an option to do so in whatever you are browsing? > > > ?? I'm a bit lost here, you recommend a "maildir browser" and say "... > > which mutt is very good at", so is mutt a maildir browser? > > It essentially is... Shows the subjects rather than whatver wacky > filenames actually exists on disks too. You seem to be asking direfctory > browsers to rush towards the Law of Software Envelopment: > > Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those > programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. > > For email stored in files, use an email-aware program. Mutt is one of > them. > Er, um, that is what I'm using - and have been using for more years than I like to remember!
-- Chris Green
