Mutt comes with the fleacollar.sh script that gets much of the setup done though it's a little weak on setting up gpg2. On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Tim here. I've used both mutt/neomutt and alpine (and pine back in > the day). > > The big advantage of mutt/neomutt is power/flexibility. I've found > that it's less of a mail-reader and more a toolkit for creating your > custom mail-reader experience from the parts that it brings to the > table. And everything is configured using the ~/.muttrc file alone > (no nice user-interface for tweaking settings) which can be daunting > if you don't have a solid grasp of what's going on under the hood. > It plays well with external tools like notmuch for indexing and your > mailcap definitions for using external programs to open attachments, > or using urlview/urlscan to search a message-body for URLs to open. > It's still not great at multi-account, requiring a lot of manual care > in setting it up (this is my biggest frustration in using it, and the > main reason I don't use it more frequently). > > As far as *easier*, alpine wins pretty hands-down. It has a > settings-editing interface for configuring pretty much everything. > Like Pico/Nano, it also keeps the list of commands along the bottom > of the screen, making it more new-user friendly. It has a concept of > "roles" which I haven't explored recently, but it sounds like a way > to manage multiple accounts better than mutt/neomutt does. > > -tim > > > > On February 18, 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > If you want to use an email client with Orca, stick to Thunderbird. > > > > I find Orca unwieldy in the terminal anyway. > > > > If, however, you wish to do so with Speakup or Fenrir, I personally > > prefer Alpine. > > > > Why? Simple. I don't know Mutt at all. > > > > Warm regards, > > > > Brandt Steenkamp > > > > Sent from the Slint console using Alpine > > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > > > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:00:22 +0000 > > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Mutt or Alpine > > > > > > So I'm using Mutt, but... > > > > > > What does Mutt have over Alpine and vice versa, why would I use > > > one over the other? > > > > > > Mutt seems faster to me, but Alpine seems more user friendly > > > without making temporary files while composing a message (unles I > > > can tell Mutt/Neomutt to delete those automatically > > > > > > So is there a consensus of which is the easier choice to use with > > > Orca? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list