On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 12:40:24PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > 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 > Thanks! That is how I dealt with html email. Didn't strike me I could do the same with attachments. :) > > 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. > I came across Dovecot during my Internet searches but wasn't sure if it was suitable for laptops. Thanks for confirming. :) > 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. > I'm a very intense Emacs user. :) In my search for IMAP capable email clients, Mutt and Gnus (another Emacs based news/email reader) were on the top. I'll include Mew to that. Thanks a lot. :) PS: I think I'll be posting a few more mutt questions rather soon. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
