*2005-Sep-30: A New Mail User Agent*

Having become increasingly dissatisfied with existing Mail User Agents
I decided to write my own.  My first attempt is a single Tcl/Tk
script, less than 4000 lines in length, which you can download from
the attachments below.  This script uses the following packages, all
of which are included with 
{link: ActiveTcl http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/}

   package require sqlite3
   package require mime
   package require pop3
   package require smtp
   package require md4

*Design Philosophy*

This program is deliberately simple.  It speaks POP3 and SMTP only.
All email messages are stored in a single SQLite database for rapid
indexing and searching.

Everything is shown in a single window.  I find the usual 3-window
layout with folders on the left, a list of message on top, and the
current message on the bottom right to be needlessly complex.  This
MUA does not support folders because to my mind, folder management
is way too much trouble than it is worth.  Instead of folders, all
email is stored in an SQLite database with full text searching built
in.  This allows me to find historical email much more quickly.

Emails are displayed in as text/plain only.  I deliberately do not
support text/html because I find that most HTML email is spam anyway.
Anybody with something interesting to say usually sends plain text.

_I have lots more to say about this, but other tasks call me away.
I hope to return an complete this wiki page soon..._