[daphreak]

I use alot (to view and send mail) + notmuch (to index) + mbsync/isync (to retrieve mail). It was painful to configure, mostly due to needing scripts for syncing up tags with IMAP folders.

So far its been worth it. Instantaneous search of all my email ever. With a properly configured mailcap file HTML emails are rendered ok (still have problems with links) and attachments open in external programs as well.

Since `alot` is written in Python and can be extended with Python hooks for almost any event it has been easier for me to customize than emacs.

[jakeogh]

Same here. I ended up writing a wrapper for alot (and a custom MDA): https://github.com/jakeogh/gpgmda (just split the client stuff into gpgmda-client, see the client side deps list)