nmh or aerc might be a couple good clients for console. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > I use mutt with speakup, and it works very well. > But yes, that's after tweaking, configuring, and adding some support scripts. > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 06:05:10PM -0300, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Hi, I'm setting up an environment on my new Gentoo installation. I'm > > thinking of setting up an e-mail client at the console rather than a desktop > > client like Thunderbird, because console programs tend to be more performant > > and stable. On the other hand, I prefer text reading on desktop programs, as > > there are more convenient commands, e.g. the famous continuous reading > > command found in Orca. Thus, I thought of choosing a console client that > > allows me to open a text editor like leafpad to read plain text e-mail > > messages, and open a browser like Firefox to read html messages. > > > > Upon searching, there appears to be only a few console clients still > > maintained, namely Mutt, neoMutt and sup. Sup is curses based, but NeoMutt > > seems the most active, though it probably requires a lot of time and > > patience to configure properly, as it doesn't have any interactive settings > > wizard; one needs to carefully read and change files manually. > > > > Can someone say if it's worth trying? If so, what screen reader works better > > with it: fenrir, orca or speakup? Am I missing any other good client? > > > > Thanks, > > Cleverson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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