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mua brainstorms

All filtering and sorting is handled by an external process ala procmail. This ensures that mail is filed as it's delivered. To save/sort outgoing mail, Bcc to your local address, or pipe to procmail if the mua allows this.

Automatic address book handling ala bbdb. Whenever an email address is noticed in the body or header of an incoming or outgoing message, MUA should attempt to merge it into the address book.

Tab completion on all useful fields. Tab completion in address areas from address book.

Standard, simple storage format which supports concurrent access, like maildir.

Threaded display.

Flexible post-processing: set identity based on destination, add headers, etc.

Split digests.

Edit emails in external editor.

Decent MIME and international encoding ability.

Usable in console and GUI.

GnuPG support.