Back in my very early and nerdy days of running Linux and FreeBSD, I used Mutt for my email. Those were good days. I've been thinking about setting it up again or maybe even checking email in Emacs again. I just read a great blog post on the aerc mail client. This one is new to me but has really piqued my interest in checking email from the CLI again. Compared to Mutt and Emacs, it looks way easier to get setup and running, too.

Sorry to keep sharing your blog posts, @markpitblado, but they really are good reads.

https://www.markpitblado.me/blog/email-from-the-terminal-with-aerc/

#linux #cli #email

Email from the terminal with aerc

As I do everything else in the terminal, it seemed like being able to send email would be the next challenge to tackle. I was worried about this one, though after setting everything up, this is easier than a lot of other things I have done and was happy with the result.

Mark Pitblado
@cmccullough I have been off Linux for a few years, alas, but really liked Claws Mail as a gui mail that felt like Pine or other text mode mail. With a great filter. I'm working on getting back there.
@danlyke Claws Mail is a really good one.