From: Eric Wong Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 23:35:55 GMT Subject: Re: Over-/underquoting, was Re: [PATCH] revert: clarify seemingly bogus OPT_END repetition Message-ID: <20160709233555.GA8926@dcvr.yhbt.net> In-Reply-To: Michael J Gruber wrote: > 2016-07-06 22:15 GMT+02:00 Jacob Keller : > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Johannes Schindelin > > wrote: > ... > >>> It is not unheard of that a MUA can collapse and expand properly quoted > >>> parts on request... > >> > >> Sure. Show me some kick-ass, scriptable mail client and I will have a > >> look. I like mutt since it lets me pipe stuff to arbitrary commands, "T" works in the pager for toggling quoted text. > > Yep, I haven't found a mail client that really works for me either :( > > Every other day I want to get rid of Thunderbird... always on the > verge of going (back) to mutt, though I do need some calendar > integration and such. It's possible to use both with IMAP (offlineimap + local dovecot works well on slow connections). I rely on at+atd to email myself and also maintain a text file over IMAP. > Until the day when the scriptable mua we wish for comes upon us, may I > recommend the "QuoteCollapse" extension to Thunderbird that transforms > those huge quotes into neat short headlines with a twist(y). The "T" (toggle-quoted) command in mutt hides quoted entirely, which makes it a bit confusing, at times; but toggling again unhides it.