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"Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG writes:

Keith> Tim Keller via WLUG writes:

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What are people using for mail clients on linux?

Keith> I use emacs in rmail mode. Wow! I used rmail years ago, before I switched to 'vm' (view-mail). Glad to know I'm not the only die hard emacs mail reading guy! Keith> I have a gmail account with address I have Keith> never told anyone (tho a couple of people Keith> have found it using gmail's spy features). Keith> I use the gmail address to send mail to Keith> myself, for testing. I run Postfix smtp server Keith> on the firewall/server/router Linux machine Keith> in my basement. Keith> Software, hardware, cables, attitude ... everything Keith> is decades obsolete and held together by cobwebs. Keith> But it does what the RFC says it MUST. Keith> -- Keith Keith> _______________________________________________ Keith> WLUG mailing list -- wlug@lists.wlug.org Keith> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org

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"Keith" == Keith Wright writes:

VM is a mail mode for emacs, and I've been using it for years and years. Unfortunately development is basically dead because I will never be able to learn elisp to actually contribute to the project. https://launchpad.net/vm Is where you can get it from. Use the 8.2.0b version. I can give you hints on setting it up with an IMAP server as well. It's not too bad really. Keith> John Stoffel via WLUG writes: Keith> I use emacs in rmail mode.

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Wow! I used rmail years ago, before I switched to 'vm' (view-mail).

Keith> What is that?

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Glad to know I'm not the only die hard emacs mail reading guy!

Keith> That seems to be saying that 'vm' is an emacs mode. Keith> The usual help function does not tell me anything Keith> about it. Do I need a newer version of emacs, Keith> or is it a totally separate program? Keith> I'm not likely to quit using emacs, but I might Keith> switch minor modes. Keith> -- Keith

Thunderbird or Emacs-VM... On 1/28/20 8:55 PM, Anderson, Charles R via WLUG wrote:

Mutt.

I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do something that I cannot detect with a process monitor. I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute. Anybody have any suggestions? /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve@ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg@ieee.org ssg@alum.mit.edu

In the last year or so Thunderbird has decided to use many more processes to do its thing and it seems to use more memory than it used to.   That makes it seem to lock up and /or makes the machine swap on a machine with 2g..Number of processes it can use is a setting you can change. I was not reading the email clients discussion closely.   I use Thunderbird. I don't know if anybody mentioned Claws.   Either it or Evolution would probably be my second choice.  -------- Original message --------From: Keith Wright via WLUG Date: 1/30/20 14:49 (GMT-05:00) To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: wlug@lists.wlug.org, steve@ssgreenberg.name, Keith Wright Subject: [WLUG] Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days? Steven Greenberg via WLUG writes:> I am using Thinderbird (and have for years).  In the last year or> so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do> something that I cannot detect with a process monitor.>> I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute.> Anybody have any suggestions?I am not sure what you mean by "process monitor".If you have some cute GUI thing installed, thatmight be part of the problem.If you mean you can not pull up a shell;ps ax; and kill it, then either you havebad hardware, or an OS bug, or you shouldlearn to do that.   -- KeithPS: I told you what I do, but I did notrecommend it.  I have an attitude problem._______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- wlug@lists.wlug.orgTo unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org

I have been using Thunderbird. I did not use PGP. I've found that it will lock up from time to time here also. By lock up, I mean the operation (which I think is usually sending mail) just continuously runs where I've wound up closing down the program. I can also say that last time this happened, I just let it sit and it eventually ran to completion. I'll try to be more observant of any future quirks. ________________________________ From: Steven Greenberg via WLUG Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:26 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion Cc: Steven Greenberg Subject: [WLUG] Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days? I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do something that I cannot detect with a process monitor. I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute. Anybody have any suggestions? /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve@ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.namehttp://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg@ieee.org ssg@alum.mit.edu _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug@lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org