Questions tagged [mail-user-agent]

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What program do I use to check mail?

I'm receiving "You have mail" messages and according to How to remove “You have mail” welcome message I should read my mail with mail. However I cannot find the command in my system (Ubuntu 10.04 server). What do I need to install?
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How can I send attachment with ssmtp in Linux?

I can send email from my gmail account by ssmtp in Linux now. But how can I attach files to the email?
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How to install/setup mutt with Gmail on CentOS and Ubuntu?

How to setup the email client Mutt to send, receive and read email under CentOS and Ubuntu using a Gmail account as a relay
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Checking pop mail account using terminal

Is there any command in unix to check a pop3 account using terminal? I mean, type the server/username/password of a pop3 account and see if the username/password is correct?
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Are there any desktop email clients that implement gmail style conversation view?

I don't like threaded email views as much as the inline "conversation view" of gmail, however gmail is not as fast as I'd like it to be. Are there any desktop clients which provide a "conversation view"?
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Email client that understands both HTML and maildir

I'm using Mutt as my main email client, but I'm looking for another one for my work email (because of HTML email). I need one that can handle my existing Maildir email, to be able to switch between Mutt and the new one without having to…
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Graphical Keyboard-driven Email Client

I use a laptop without a mouse as my main work system, and I could really use a fully keyboard-driven email client with graphics support. Right now I have the option of using GUI clients, which, even if they support the keyboard, are optimized for…
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How can I automate sending mail using a script?

I have in the past heard of using nail for this task, but I can't seem to find it for my distribution (Ubuntu 11.04) in any of the repositories. What program can I use to one-off emails from a shell like so: send-mail -to [email protected] -file…
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How do I change the user agent of K-9 Mail's IMAP client on Android?

I'm trying to use k-9 mail on android to connect to my organization's IMAP server which is being run as an outlook.office365.com service. As I'm sure many of you know, Microsoft recently turned off Basic Authentication which is how I previously…
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Fetching email automatically then reading it locally

My email is kept on a remote server and accessible from anywhere by IMAP. What I'd like is a mail client that will periodically sync that remote mail to my laptop in the backgroun, so that when I open my mail client, today's email is instantly there…
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How to get desktop notifications of Evolution in Mint

I've got problems setting up the notifications for Evolution. I already installed mail-indicator-evolution and evolution-indicator but neither of them appear in the notification area. How can I properly set it up? Besides, I'd like the mail to be…
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Is SMTP over SSL possible in the Balsa email client?

In Balsa 2.5.1 is it possible to connect to SMTP with port 465 with SSL? The IMAP setup has an SSL option which disables the TLS choices, but I do not see anything similar when setting up SMTP. I know that SMTP port 587 with STARTTLS is the…
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Synchronise claws-mail instances

I run claws-mail on multiple computers and would like to synchronise the configuration and address books. Is there some canonical way to do this? I couldn’t find instructions in the manual and I don't want to sync the whole ~/.claws-mail folder if…
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Why doesn't the list command work in mail?

Why doesn't the list command work in mail? When I try l or list, it doesn't work. It instead gives me a list of the valid commands, including list. Commands are: next, alias, print, type, Type, Print, visual, top, touch, preserve, delete, dp, dt,…
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Does Geary support Right-to-Left?

I wanted to use Geary as my mail client instead of Thunderbird. But I don't know if it supports Right-to-Left text! (I want to be able to write languages like Persian, Arabic, Hebrew etc)
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