No this is not an alternative to GMail XD but cool anyways
Why not?
Gmail is a service. A client is a client. A client can’t be an alternative to a service just like Firefox can’t be an alternative to Lemmy.
Don’t be pedantic. It’s obvious the OP is referring to the client portion of Gmail, not the service portion.
The title says:
An alternative to Gmail
If the title is misleading, the problem is not on my side.
A Terminal Email Client As An Alternative To Gmail: The Old Dog Neomutt And Pals
A title like “A Terminal Email Client for Gmail As An Alternative To Gmail web: The Old Dog Neomutt And Pals” would be a better fit.
Because
- gmail has a simple web ui
- is an integrated service you often accidentally get
- a service and a client
- does not need installation
And so much more
Isn’t that what makes it an “alternative” and not a “clone”?
I haven’t tried setting up IMAP directly in mutt for a decade, so maybe Neomutt has made improvements, but it was often laggy to the point of being unusable.
I’d suggest people look into using mbsync (author mentions it at the bottom of the blog post as an update) as an external tool to sync mail via IMAP, or if you’re really committed to Gmail you can give lieer a try. It integrates well with Gmail’s labels and syncs them with a notmuch database. I stopped using Gmail years ago and switched to Fastmail. There’s an equivalent program to lieer called mujmap that works with Fastmail. I’ve been using it for over a year and works great.