Thoughts on edbrowse.
First. I am pretty new to edbrowse. I really don't know what got me interested.
Except one day I was browsing around for something and came across edbrowse.
This was months ago on an old dell I had sitting around. Sadly it bit the dust.
So I just began using it before I lost again my link to the command line.
That is when I tried it on the chromebook using the linux VM. Bleh. It was ok
but nothing like what the command line could give me.
So I knew when I got the command line up and running some where again I would
learn edbrowse. And I am.
Its quite flexible.
A few things you should know though.
If you want to use gmail I think almost anywhere in command line mode for email
you need to either:
1. turn on less secure apps.
or
2. Create an app password after turning on two step verification.
I don't know why exactly but I opted for the app password option. I have a
couple of gmail accounts (trying to weed the ones I am not using out.)
And it took a little doing. But I got it working with imap. Which works fine.
But one thing I can't stand about gmail is these extra mail folders they have.
IE the all mail folder etc.
I am going to try gmail in pop 3 mode so it should download all emails to where
I told the .ebrc file I want them.
And hopefully that will keep my gmail accounts completely clean. That is my
goal anyway.
That having been said. You can create and delete folders while working with
your gmail through imap. And move messages ETC. But your all mail folder is
still there. And if you delete a message from there it will delete from the
folder you made.
Pop3 I think isn't used much anymore. But I am going to try it and see what I
get. That of course means going on every single of my google gmail accounts and
making sure pop 3 is on.
I am guessing the same app password will work for pop3 that works for imap.
Edbrowse is kind of odd in how you reply to an email. Which stumped me for a
while.
But here is how you do it. I think this is the way if there is another. I don't
know what it is yet.
While reading an email. If you want to reply to it. You simply save the message
with the cap u letter command and then name the file.
Once done reading your email you go to the folder you saved all the messages
you want to reply to and type edbrowse name-of-email ie edbrowse rich or
edbrowse devin or edbrowse mewtamer.
Whatever you named that message as.
Then once opened you type b and hit enter for browse. And then you type rea or
re depending on how you wish to reply.
It fills in the To: and Subject: fields respectively. There is also a reference
field that you should just leave alone.
you hit the number of the line (which for me with this list email is usually 4)
where you can begin typing your reply.
And you hit enter.
Then you hit i and press enter. And type away. Once you have said all your
going to say you type a period on a blank line and hit enter.
And then you review the message. And once your satisfied you hit sm to send it.
I type sm2 because the second account is where I amm wanted it sent from. Give
a few seconds and it sent your email. And it says ok.
Its amazing.
Edbrowse is completely lineier. Not sure I spelled that right.
It will show only what you ask it to. Which actually speeds things up quite a
bit allowing you to focus on what really matters.
It is a slight learning curve. But not too bad.
Anyway. If my emails are sloppy its because my grammar isn't the greatest. IE
where I should put a new paragraph etc.
That isn't edbrowse weakness. Its mine.
Also I am still learning it. So please forgive me if I don't get everything
right quite yet.
Oh. You can create an address book. The entry looks something like this
name : email : address: phone number: anything you want.
so basicly the first two fields always have to be name and email. But after
that its up to you.
er. sorry alias and email. I think. Sorry.
And the fields are separated by a colon.
Edbrowse is very powerful. But it does take time to learn. I decided to learn
it slowly.
BTW. I also plan on mastering emacspeak and emacs. And vim the editor as well.
Although I really think edbrowse will always be my favorite.
Its just the way my brain works I guess.
Jessica
Wow, and I thought I was in the deep end with Emacs. I should try that again.
Iâm always looking for quicker, better ways of doing email.
On Mar 18, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Jessica <jelynnar.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Edbrowse email can be a little clunky. But honestly I love it.
Hi again. Just a really brief test on something.
Only time will tell for sure though.attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of the
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