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When comparing lumail vs Alpine, the Slant community recommends Alpine for most people. In the question“What are the best command-line email clients for Linux?” Alpine is ranked 2nd while lumail is ranked 6th.
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Default Desktop EnvironmentNA
Init-SystemOpenRC
Minimum Available Storage130MiB
OS FamilyLinux
Release ScheduleRolling
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Pros
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Pro Extremely user-friendly
Pro Can use the built-in text editor or can be integrated with another text editor
Alpine comes with pico, a lightweight text editor which can also be used as a standalone tool. It can also be integrated with vi, vim, emacs, etc... if the user prefers to do so.
Pro On-screen contextual help
Alpine has contextual help that can be displayed on-screen. Removing the need to consult the man pages every time you forget a command or how to do something inside it.
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Con Updates are not frequent
Alpine is not updated frequently. This means that new features, bug fixes or security updates come much later than in other email clients.