On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 10:58 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Well that is a bummer. Not being able to forward a message complete with > > attachments is very handy. If evolution does not can nay one suggest a > > mail client that does it? > > However, I have a plan. It seems to me that yo could configure mutt to > > use the same mail boxes as evelution. Then bouncing would be possible, > > >From my experience, the best way of doing this is to use IMAP folders. > That way you don't have to worry about Evolution squirrelling away the > mail somewhere it wants, but leaves it on the IMAP server. It also makes > life a lot easier if you want to play with different e-mail clients -- > you can use umpteen different mail clients, and the e-mail will always > be in the right place. > > Not that setting up IMAP was that easy -- Dovecot wouldn't see my > Maildir folders. Eventually I worked out that this was because it > insisted on having *hidden* folders -- all folder names had to start > with a dot. Otherwise I could have just left IMAP for graphical clients, > and used mutt's built-in Maildir support. > > Incidentally, flagging is possible in mutt -- I use it all the time, if > I see a list e-mail I might want to have a go at answering, but don't > feel like right now, or if I want to see if someone who knows more about > that topic will comment. > > I believe it's F in the default key-binding. > > Hope this helps, > > James. All you say is true. But now that I use a server that I have no control over I don't trust it that much. But I admit IMAP makes reading mail on a variety of machines and with a variety of mail clients easier. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
