A console-based email client with Gmail-like threading, tagging, and blazing-fast full-text search for managing large volumes of email.
Sup is a console-based email client built for users with large email volumes. It features a curses interface with Gmail-like threading and tagging, along with blazing-fast full-text search using Xapian. It solves the problem of managing and searching through extensive email collections efficiently from the command line.
Developers, system administrators, and power users who prefer terminal-based tools and need to manage high volumes of email with advanced search and organization capabilities.
Developers choose Sup for its speed, extensibility via Ruby hooks, and powerful search functionality, offering a highly customizable and efficient alternative to graphical email clients.
A curses threads-with-tags style email client (mailing list: supmua@googlegroups.com)
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Provides Gmail-like threading, tagging, and muting for efficient archiving and management of email conversations, as highlighted in the key features.
Uses Xapian for full-text search with a rich query language, enabling rapid retrieval from large email archives, as emphasized in the README.
Offers programmable hooks in Ruby, allowing users to customize and automate email workflows, which is a core part of its philosophy.
Handles multiple mbox and Maildir sources, making it versatile for various email storage formats, as detailed in the features.
Admits in the README that it does not play nicely with other mail clients, with sync back to mail sources being restricted and only partially supported via Maildir Syncback.
MIME attachment handling and sendmail invocation are Unix-centric, limiting cross-platform usability and excluding Windows or non-Unix environments.
Maintenance is focused on preserving existing features rather than adding new ones, reducing innovation and making it less suitable for evolving needs.