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Meli email client, pre-alpha release

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Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#3

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

In absolute agreement here. Even though mutt's shortcuts are hardwired into my brain, I always check the new-comers out - especially ones written in a language that compiles to binary. There is something lost in this world of shady docker containers, epic javascript runtimes and infinite universe of python environment versions.

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#4

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

I, for one, want a pure command line based email client, not just a TUI client, that is well integrated with bash/zsh in an everyday use, e.g.

    $ inbox
    (shows the first 10 emails in the inbox)
    $ search from:john
    (shows emails from john with numbers)
    $ reply 4
    (opens up vi to edit a reply to the email #4)
    ...
I've been dreaming a client like this for decades, and actually started developing it, but the development is stagnating for now (due to the spec changes and other priorities).

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#5
post #4

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

I, for one, want a pure command line based email client, not just a TUI client, that is well integrated with bash/zsh in an everyday use, e.g. $ inbox (shows the first 10 emails in the inbox) $ search from:john (shows emails from john with numbers) $ reply 4 (opens up vi to edit a reply to the email #4) ... I've been dreaming a client like this for decades, and actually started developing it, but the development is s…

Check out notmuch:

https://notmuchmail.org/

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#6
post #4

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

I, for one, want a pure command line based email client, not just a TUI client, that is well integrated with bash/zsh in an everyday use, e.g. $ inbox (shows the first 10 emails in the inbox) $ search from:john (shows emails from john with numbers) $ reply 4 (opens up vi to edit a reply to the email #4) ... I've been dreaming a client like this for decades, and actually started developing it, but the development is s…

I loved your take, haven’t thought of it that way, but it would be great. I hope you are able to go back to it.

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#7

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

What is TUI

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#8

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

What is TUI

Text UI

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#9

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

What is TUI

Sorry:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface

Re: Meli email client, pre-alpha release

#10
post #4

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance of TUI software, particularly email clients[1] and I couldn’t be happier. Email and TUI are such a natural fit. Make it work with your favorite editor and most nerds will switch. [1] https://aerc-mail.org/

I, for one, want a pure command line based email client, not just a TUI client, that is well integrated with bash/zsh in an everyday use, e.g. $ inbox (shows the first 10 emails in the inbox) $ search from:john (shows emails from john with numbers) $ reply 4 (opens up vi to edit a reply to the email #4) ... I've been dreaming a client like this for decades, and actually started developing it, but the development is s…

You might find mblaze (https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze) interesting; it's not too far off from what you describe.
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