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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Mutt on Mac: MuttToMail
From:       John Velman <velman () cox ! net>
Date:       2009-06-13 15:41:36
Message-ID: 20090613154136.GA231 () cox ! net
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For those who don't know:  On Mac an "application" is a special kind of
file containing an executable and a bunch of other stuff.  On Mac, one can
designate a default mail program, but it must be an "application"  Mutt, as
it stands, isn't an "application".  When one clicks on a "mailto" url, the
default mail application comes up with a blank message (except for the
"To") ready to go.

It is kind of irritating to suddenly have a Mac Mail or Thunderbird window
show up!  To get Mutt to be the default requires putting it into an
"application" wrapper.

I've begun to know enough Mac Cocoa programming to think about making a
Cocoa application wrapper for Mutt.

BUT:  Someone already did it, Years ago!  By accident, I found the
reference to MailToMutt on the Mutt Wiki a few days ago.

The project and MailToMutt mailing lists seem to be pretty inactive -
developer messages posted in 2004, one user message posted in 2006.

Is anyone else using this?  Or is there something newer and "better"?

Anyway, I installed it on my Mac, it works fine on Leopard (so far), and I
used it to subscribe to this list.

Thanks to the developers, wherever they are!

John Velman

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