On 09.07.2012, Suvayu Ali wrote: > How does one handle attachments? I saw the pipe command and tried to > pipe a pdf file to Evince, but it didn't seem to work as I had expected. > Do I need an old school viewer like gv for this to work? Press "v" and save your attachments on disk. Then you can open it there. That's how I do it. Take a look into /etc/mailcap if you'd like to interconnect attachments / files with external viewers / programs. > I get a lot of > pdf/ps/eps/png attachments, so this is crucial need for me. man mailcap > I'm also noticing significant delays in opening large mailboxes (>30,000 > messages) over IMAP (despite header and body caching). I understand the > better way to deal with this would be to have a local IMAP server which > syncs with my email provide? Yes, that could help. > Does any one have any recommendations for a > very light weight IMAP server (I'm on a laptop)? Dovecot. It runs smoothly on a standard laptop. If you like to fiddle a little bit, I would strongly recommend Mew as an IMAP-mailreader, especially if you already are comfortable with emacs. http://www.mew.org/en/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org