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Mutt and Gmail

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> Edit: After a short while you’ll realize that Mutt is completely pointless because most modern emails are made with HTML templates which means you’ll just see a bunch of code. Maybe there’s a plugin solution?

lynx?

The documentation for mutt suggests using lynx with mailcap: http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#mimesupport

But using mailcap + some terminal browser should work in general. w3m, lynx, or browsh should work.

For example: http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2012/05/12/mutt/

Even a normal browser will work:

    text/html;      firefox -remote 'openURL(%s)'

Lynx gives proper results.

A markdown converter could also do the job depending on what you need.

I love using Mutt for email but it breaks down quickly when you have to maintain a calendar.

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