Tim here. In addition to Mutt, NeoMutt, aerc, mh/nmh, and sup already mentioned here, there's also the venerable mail(1) (sometimes packaged as "mailx" or "heirloom-mail) program. It's just a mail-reader, relying on your system mail configuration to send mail, so that could be a simple redirector like msmtp(1) or dma(1), or configuring your system MTA (whether sendmail, exim, postfix, or opensmtpd) to send mail via a smart-host. Similarly, there's "s-nail" which has a similar linear interface, but also supports IMAP and SMTP directly. All of them should allow you to use the external editor of your choice. Do note that, if your external editor forks into the background, the mail program will launch the editor and return immediately, so you might have to tweak your editor invocation to use some sort of "don't fork" option (gvim has a --nofork option) -tim On 2023-07-18 18:05, 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