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On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:42:04PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2008-10-21, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I'm on an excruciatingly slow internet connection right now. |
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> > The email client seems to be the major productivity blocker. |
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> > Thunderbird spends a lot of time loading or whatever and |
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> > squirrelmail is just slow. Would something like mutt be an |
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> > improvement? |
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> I've used mutt over a 14Kbps link with latencies in the |
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> 200-300ms range. You'll need to configure it so that it doesn't |
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> check for new mail very often, and limit the number of |
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> mailboxes it's checking for incoming mail. You'll also want to |
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> make sure that header caching is enabled. I think the cache |
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> supoprt is built by default these days, but you'll need to |
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> enable it by setting the header_cache configuration variable in |
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> your .muttrc file so that it points to the file where you want |
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> the header cache database stored. |
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I have to 2nd the mutt recommendation. Been using it for years as my |
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only email client. (Works well with a fast connection, too!) |
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festus |
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Reputation's changeable. Situation's tolerable. |
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But Baby you're adorable. Handle me with Care. |