"Russell L. Harris" <russ...@rlharris.org> writes: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 11:24:41PM -0600, David Wright wrote: >>On Thu 06 Mar 2025 at 02:16:15 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote: >>> Can anyone tell me how to proceed? >> >>I'm not sure how this question relates to my post, to which it's attached. >>I don't know what evolution recovery is, and I don't understand what >>an "Evolution address" would be, as opposed to a "non-Evolution address". >>I can only suppose that these "messages" you talk about are actually >>pieces of information stored in some IMS part of evolution. Otherwise >>you'd just read them from the server with your regular MUA, mutt, >>rather than worrying about losing them? > > David, > > By "evolution recovery" I mean restoration of the proper function of > the Evolution package. Recovery = Repair = Restore Access > > I have been led to believe that "message" is the proper term for an > email communication; the venacular is "email". Logging into my > account at HostGator shows a few dozen emails awaiting retrieval. > > My email has been working without trouble for years. I am getting > old, and I do not know off the top of my head how to use Mutt to > retrieve those emails. Of course, those messages are formatted in > HTML, which is why they were sent to the address which I have been > accessing with Evolution (that address is > mail...@alysonwonderland.org). > > I once made a living programming computers, but nowadays my computer > is an appliance which facilitates the accomplishment of other tasks. > > Obviously, my preference is to get Evolution working right, without > the necessity of spending two or three days reinstalling Debian. And > if reinstallation is necessary, I am not sure I would choose Evolution > as my client for HTML mail.
Are you certain that you need a separate MUA for HTML mails? Many HTML mails are sent together with a plain text version. I use Emacs via Gnus to read email for several email addresses and have no problems with HTML - on the contrary. Gnus is able to render some basic HTML features, such as headline size and attributes such a bold, and a mouse-over on links show the actual URL. I would not be surprised if mutt were able to do something similar. -- This signature is currently under constuction.
