Text based IMAP client?

[Steve Lamb]

Knute Johnson wrote:
> Is there a non-X IMAP client I can run in a terminal?

    Yes, any of them.

Package: isync
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Description: Synchronize a local maildir with a remote IMAP4 mailbox
 A command line application which synchronizes a local maildir-style
 mailbox with a remote IMAP4 mailbox, suitable for use in disconnected
 mode. Multiple copies of the remote IMAP4 mailbox can be maintained,
 and all flags and messages are synchronized.
 .
 Features:
  * Fast mode for fetching new mail only
  * Supports imaps: (port 993) TLS/SSL connections
  * Supports STARTTLS (RFC2595) for confidentiality
  * Supports NAMESPACE (RFC2342)
  * Supports CRAM-MD5 (RFC2095) for authentication

    Several people have recommended mutt, however mutt's IMAP support is
marginal at best.  isync provides much smoother experience.  So if you would
like to use mutt I highly recommend isync to do the actual IMAP portion.  I
cannot say about the other text client's native IMAP support but, in my
experience, very few clients get it right.

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         Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?
       PGP Key: 8B6E99C5       |   And dream I do...
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