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Potentially using something like this? I love Neomutt, or Newsboat, and other TUIs. It would be great to have something totally on Markdown. Update: I gave it a spin [1] with Go and some of my favorite CLI's. [1] https://x.com/sspaeti/status/2036539855182627169", "context": "", "use_case": "terminal email client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Email.md \u2013 Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML"}, {"id": 746602162, "item_id": 46662635, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46662635", "by": "nehal3m", "date": "2026-01-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I also like working neomutt.", "excerpt": "I write for fun, to organize and articulate my thoughts, and I love doing that in vim. The same is true for note taking (I just write .md files and sync them with syncthing). I also like working neomutt. It's just fun working with (relatively) simple, stable tools that seem to grow on you over time for every day tasks. Writing code is just one of those things.", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "The thing that brought me joy"}, {"id": 733416594, "item_id": 45838537, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45838537", "by": "godelski", "date": "2025-11-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "neomutt takes almost nothing", "excerpt": "> but why would you render to a low-resolution 2D buffer with random character-hacks Have you used a terminal in the last 5 years? We got graphics and everything now[0] > huge amount of overhead A... terminal... with... large overhead? Surely you're joking. Have you met any gui app? Microsoft word takes a few gigs. Have you seen electron apps like Spotify or slack? My fucking mail client takes over half a gig and neo", "context": "", "use_case": "email client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ratatui \u2013 App Showcase"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 795069457, "item_id": 49691841, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691841", "by": "rjzzleep", "date": "2026-09-14", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I tried using neomutt with unified inbox and I ended up messing up my maildirs every so often.", "excerpt": "I'm building notmutt (notmuch + mutt). A tabbed, async terminal mail client with unified inbox, with included html viewer(with image support), mcp server, lua scripting. I tried using neomutt with unified inbox and I ended up messing up my maildirs every so often. i also tried adding async tasks(for sending) to neomutt, but there was no interest from the project, which made me realize that there is a lot more to it t", "context": "", "use_case": "terminal email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["terminal email client", "terminal email", "email", "email client"], "compared": [{"slug": "notmuch", "name": "notmuch", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "isync", "name": "isync", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "alpine", "name": "alpine", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380", "title": "Ask HN: What are you working on? 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A tabbed, async terminal mail client with unified inbox, with included html viewer(with image support), mcp server, lua scripting. I tried using neomutt with unified inbox and I ended up messing up my maildirs every so often. i also tried adding async tasks(for sending) to neomutt, but there was no interest from the project, which made me realize that there is a lot more to it t", "context": "", "use_case": "terminal email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"}, {"id": 780433393, "item_id": 48777087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777087", "by": "eisleggje", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "compare", "quote": "neomutt is much more accessible in this regard.", "excerpt": "It is nice in but the documentation (or at least the wiki) is inconsistent within itself at times. For all its cruft, neomutt is much more accessible in this regard. The man pages are better, but in the case of more involved setups with notmuch/isync, one can be left wondering what setting needs to be made to achieve some desired behaviour. There is also a smaller and shorter pool of users so it can be harder to find", "context": "", "use_case": "terminal email client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Is aerc better than neomutt now?"}, {"id": 760149824, "item_id": 47509364, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509364", "by": "articsputnik", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Neomutt, or Newsboat, and other TUIs.", "excerpt": "Love everything to Markdownify :) I was just wondering, is there a Neovim/Markdown email client? Potentially using something like this? I love Neomutt, or Newsboat, and other TUIs. It would be great to have something totally on Markdown. Update: I gave it a spin [1] with Go and some of my favorite CLI's. 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