Tag Archives: gmail

How-to: Alpine and maildir (and offlineimap (and GMail)) — no more maildir patches!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by cpbl

Abstract If you think non-graphical email clients are  efficient or otherwise desirable, and want offline access to your email, this post describes a step forward.  In particular, it describes the set-up of offline-accessible mail through the Alpine (formerly Pine, shortly … Continue reading →

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Alpine, offlineimap, and Gmail (under Ubuntu)

Posted on November 7, 2009 by cpbl

Another round of attempts at getting my email to do what I want has left me without success on the alpine+uw-imapd+offlineimap+gmail front, but I have now managed to compile Eduardo Chappa’s infamous (due to licensing issues) maildir patch into alpine. … Continue reading →

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Email clients

Posted on October 28, 2009 by cpbl

(Some older thoughts on this on my software/linux page at CPBL unix lessons.) I imagined that switching from alpine to mutt would solve all my problems, but I have been unable to configure mutt to my liking. I reach my … Continue reading →

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