Re: [Nmh-workers] Should I learn nmh or GNU mailutils?

[otahler]

On 2014-02-13 20:24, address@hidden wrote:

> I've never had a reason to script anything - I might be the exception.
> The only thing I've done is changed GUIs that I've used over the years.
> I started with xmh (X Windows based client), moved to exmh (TCL based
> client), to finally settling on Sylpheed.

It's curious that you mention Sylpheed merely as a GUI. I do have some 
experience with Sylpheed's fork, called Claws Mail. In fact, I have 
opted to use MH after having considered whether to use Claws Mail, which 
is nice and I like but does not allow me all the raw power that you can 
get with many small single-purpose tools that can be used in scripts.
I knew already that Sylpheed/Claws Mail used the MH system, as they are 
sitting on top of it. But now I was bit suprised to hear that they are 
just a GUI, because I thought of them as much more than a GUI. Just out 
of curiosity: do Sylpheed/Claw Mail use the original MH programs as 
backend, or did they write their own implementation of MH?