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> I've got several hard-core network engineer users with the same problem. They |
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> solved it in a neat way, by running mutt in a permanent screen session on a |
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> server I provided for the purpose. Getmail is now not necessary as I deliver |
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> their mail to that machine. Working on the LAN and from home over vpn it just |
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> works, connecting from home without vpn is a simple matter of ssh port |
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> forwarding. Their shell profiles on every workstation runs screen and |
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> .screenrc is set up to automatically connect to that server. |
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I use mutt with screen as well. It works great even from my nokia |
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cellphone after installing the putty ssh client. It's probably the |
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fastest, and lowest bandwidth consuming email client for mobile phones. |
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One problem I had was Vim was very slow to startup, as it was trying to |
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connect to the X server remotely. To fix this vim can be started with |
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the -X parameter or the DISPLAY variable can be unset. |