On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 01:58:52PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2015 14 Dec 13:48 -0600, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What email client do you suggest me to use so that I can properly
> > quote previous replies? I use gmail's classic webmail interface as my
> > computer lags with the newer webmail interfaces. I tried claws-mail
> > without success: the gmail server refused to connect. I also do not
> > wish to use a paid email service only to enable myself to use an email
> > client.
>
> Mutt does a good job. It will pass on quoted text to your editor. Vim
> is a usual default editor although I am using Emacs in a character mode
> under Tmux so I can remote into my box and keep all my mail in one
> place.

And an advantage of mutt is that it does *not* automatically open html or
other non-plain-text files on you/

My mutt, installed whe I installed devuan alpha 2 uses nano as editor.
It's advantage is that it is mostly self-explanatory, although limited.

-- hendrik