[GRLUG] sup mail client

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 03:19:18PM -0500, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> 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.

One would think this statement means sup has, well, out-of-the-box
support for IMAP: "sup has out-of-the-box support for reading email from
imap."  I need to read more closely next time.  Roger, you're right.
offlineIMAP is the way to go.  Bleh.  I don't want that.

Is there a console mail client that understands multiple IMAP accounts?
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