X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FFAQ.txt;h=997a35735b1be65f111150452ef055f7789df717;hb=38eadc48d45f8a2a63e305eede04b62b087169fd;hp=5c85d9c55346f37221dd7ad47ccecf0f483d0946;hpb=7d7498d9903604c8c3cd5c649a62625cef7959ea;p=sup diff --git a/doc/FAQ.txt b/doc/FAQ.txt index 5c85d9c..997a357 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.txt +++ b/doc/FAQ.txt @@ -2,21 +2,17 @@ Sup FAQ ------- Q: What is Sup? -A: Sup is a console-based email client for people with a lot of email. - It supports tagging, very fast full-text search, automatic contact- - list management, custom code insertion via a hook system, and more. - If you're the type of person who treats email as an extension of your - long-term memory, Sup is for you. +A: A console-based email client for people with a lot of email. Q: What does Sup stand for? A: "What's up?" Q: Sup looks like a text-based Gmail. -A: I stole their ideas. And improved them! +A: First I stole their ideas. Then I improved them. Q: Why not just use Gmail? -A: I wrote Sup because I hate ads, I hate using a mouse, and I hate - non-programmability and non-extensibility. +A: I hate ads, I hate using a mouse, and I hate non-programmability and + non-extensibility. Also, Gmail doesn't let you use a monospace font, which is just lame. @@ -30,8 +26,9 @@ A: Because a keystroke is worth a hundred mouse clicks, as any Unix Q: How does Sup deal with spam? A: You can manually mark messages as spam, which prevents them from - showing up in future searches, but that's as far as Sup goes. Spam - filtering should be done by a dedicated tool like SpamAssassin. + showing up in future searches. Later, you can run a batch process to + remove such messages from your sources. That's as far as Sup goes. + Spam filtering should be done by a dedicated tool like SpamAssassin. Q: How do I delete a message? A: Why delete? Unless it's spam, you might as well just archive it. @@ -90,21 +87,13 @@ A: Move the messages from the source to the target using whatever tool Q: What are all these "Redwood" references I see in the code? A: That was Sup's original name. (Think pine, elm. Although I was a - Mutt user, I couldn't think of a good progression there.) But it - was taken by another project on RubyForge, and wasn't that - original, and was too long to type anyways. - - Maybe one day I'll do a huge search-and-replace on the code, but it - doesn't seem that important at this point. + Mutt user, I couldn't think of a good progression there.) But it was + taken by another project on RubyForge, and wasn't that original, and + was too long to type anyways. Common Problems --------------- -P: I see this message from Ferret: - Error occured in index.c:825 - sis_find_segments_file -S: Yikes! You've upgraded Ferret and the index format changed beneath - you. Follow the index rebuild instructions above. - P: I get some error message from Rubymail about frozen strings when importing messages with attachments. S: The current solution is to directly modify RubyMail. Change line 159 of