Re: [tlug] Questions about Japanese input

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 10:52:14PM -0400, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:

>working on that issue :). Graphical clients are meant for
>non-technical people, text clients on the other hand tend to be very
>flexible and configurable.


To give equal time to (some) graphical MUAs, Kmail is awfully good
and pretty configurable.  With a little work it can do a not-too-bad
approximation of Mutt keybindings.  Where mutt really shines is
in its general speed and capability to do practically anything if
you find the right knob, and its ability to handle huge mailboxes.

For sysadmins, esp. mail admins, who often see thousands of messages
per day in multiple mailboxes, mutt is invaluable. Graphical mail
clients tend to slow to a crawl when faced with big mailboxes.
Mutt, on a PIII-450, can open a mail box with 10000 messages in just
a few seconds.

Some of the really slow ones might need the length of a coffee break
for that :-)

Plus, with mutt it's really easy to use vi for your editor.

Jonathan
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