Mutt is designed for users who like to do that. It's not designed for the average user. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:20:08 -0400 Subject: Re: FYI - Command Line Programs for the Blind > But there's my point. It may be that you don't want your calendar and > search bar, but others do. We can argue all day long that they should > not be on by default, or that they should. The point I'm trying to make > is that Thunderbird is mostly usable right out of the box, cluttered > though it is, but Mutt makes you go through a ton of configurations just > to make it read a mailbox, which is something that Thunderbird can do in > about 30 seconds, but takes a week of fiddling about in Mutt's nearly > incomprehensible configuration files that are not documented internally > very well, or wading through tons of online documentation just to find > out how to set up a mailbox. There is such a thing as exposing an end > user to every conceivable setup, allowing him/her to make changes to > every aspect of the system, and then there's dropping the end user into > the middle of the ocean without a life jacket and expecting him/her to > be able to find the way to the shore. As I said, I would pretty much > consider myself to be a power user, and I couldn't survive Mutt > configuration apart from *mostly* getting it working on a home computer > that was doubling as an email server at the time, and that's not > practical for most people, especially those who just want to be able to > set up a new computer and start reading and responding to email in a few > minutes. > > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > 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