[WBEL-users] html email in whitebox list

Alex Tkachenko alex@ingrian.com
Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:46:25 -0700


On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 11:19, Alex Tkachenko wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 06:24, Ewan Mac Mahon wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:37:32PM -0700, Alex Tkachenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 11:11, Rafael Baquero S. wrote:
> > > Evolution forever :) 
> > >Seriously, I am using unix-like systems for about 16 yrs and used all
> > >sorts of text-based readers - elm, mutt, pine etc.  But guys, these
> > >days the hardware is cheap, running GUI is efficient 
> > 
> > Not over slow SSH links it isn't; nor is a GUI particularly efficient in
> > terms of either screen space or system resources on PDAs/phones. I can
> > easily get remote access to mutt from my handheld, but even if I went to
> > the trouble to run an X server on it I don't think Evolution would feel
> > too good on a 320x200 pixel screen.
> Maybe you can afford just dropping the mail you can't read - I used to
> delete every windows formatted file, but these days I have to read all
> the crap I am being sent to.
> 
> No, I don't run Evolution on my cell phone, but rather on my lousy
> laptop, Sony Z505 700MHz, which I could afford carrying around.
Adding to my earlier reply - even over slow SSH link you could run the
port forwarding tunnels and use IMAP with the mail client running
locally.

Take care,
Alex

> 
> Have a great day,
> Alex
> 
> > 
> > Ewan
> 
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