text based imap client

[Chris G]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:45:15AM -0600, Linda wrote:
> Right now for remote use any user connects over the phone lines using 
> kermit or putty and does everything with text based utilites.  If they 
> are physically on site I share the filesystems using NFS that hold all 
> the open office files. I am just finishing up my testing of the imap 
> mail server which they will be able to access on location with 
> thunderbird and I thought about setting up a text based client like Mutt 
> or Pine so they can call in and work with email. None of these services 
> are available form the internet as we don't have a static IP address to 
> connect to the internet and they are also behind a firewall on a private 
> network.
> 
> Does any one have recommendations for an easy to use text based imap 
> client especially for my 20 year olds who have little exposure to text 
> based programs

Mutt works pretty well with IMAP, I use it at work (few Linux boxes on
a mostly MS network) without problems.  You could probably distribute
a basic .muttrc file with it that would get your "20 year olds" going
straight away without them having to do any configuration.

-- 
Chris Green