[GRLUG] sup mail client

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 03:12:35PM -0500, Roger Roelofs wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:56 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> > I've grown frustrated with mutt.  It works great with mbox and even
> > IMAP—until one wants to have multiple IMAP accounts.  Then it's simply
> > frustrating.  I want it to automatically recognize which account it's
> > reading mail from and adjust the SMTP server and signature and from
> > address accordingly.  I can change SMTP servers, etc., but it's a hack at
> > best (I have to remember to run a macro to change the from address.
> > bleh).
> >
> > I've come across sup, a new mail client that purports to automatically
> > select the SMTP server, signature, and set the from field address
> > based on the account.  Is anyone on the list using sup?  Any feedback?
>
> John,
> 
> I'm assuming you noticed that it doesn't support IMAP without using a
> separate tool (offlineIMAP/fetchmail?

It has out-of-the-box IMAP support (per the wiki).  offlineIMAP
replicates the IMAP account locally so that it functions more like a
POP3/mobx setup.  offlineIMAP is not necessary.
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