From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: leon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: rmail: dealing with mailing lists ? Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:37:11 +0000 Message-ID: <86irue9he0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <86u0dy9m73.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133110342 25591 80.91.229.2 (27 Nov 2005 16:52:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:52:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 27 17:52:22 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgPkr-0007YV-Pc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:51:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgPkr-0004qC-1E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:51:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1133109431 1284 131.111.223.202 (27 Nov 2005 16:37:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACcAAAAnBAMAAAB+jUwGAAAAJFBMVEWog31/PTc2GBtTJCei ZF1xMzARCA0LAgeQS0QbDRMoFBnawbUp05qxAAACXUlEQVQokTXSMWvbQBQA4OdYgRAvPWzBNVsl QhpvllCwO53JFY54iaocFZ1MBwVtmSSyOY1crs6SuuBwnopME6TJY0F/rk9y+sbv3r1773jQcq2y LG2PBrbtnObLZ72aAuzQlYHrWqdaF7p4hNkFWmm5ddhWcVpq/QhhGy3Pc8+UpmvlRYMD6NepGz43 pef2dYOby0MsVLwXiLOWGxQ6nsLab2HxvKfUnLKq2o50MgV9zEZr/ZMLdacmVVUd1i3pX5eHZTnM UDPMrP4WWFOvPaO0whoVR9z2sU+t/8y+eVTVkXVQv5S/Icb7+77aBUc9QtR6PSBEcV4jfaiqRYPa 9v0MQCgiSVZVF4iR1ksv7DEQhKo72qn2aox06fk9woTiYu4/YOZjjYUtlRNybsrA61VtbClN4vXG z7qU3Ze2M+DMGE0hTaN1HmaCQ+A49hAU/3GDmMSIHAx/Ln22pdn3GqN4GWYMDCpI1kH8jIgvLUOF qLjKJlsqXm4gieN4QxUHnnGe4dF9iqh1fOxTrsw77H3SIicNxkvpk0yYkphXnYNRimiXuVcPbQgi gxDGTzUC/+j5UlIucB0Gk/3rBkG4nvRMIu3AuoLzVYJogOh6wbEizjJwZ9COrqMb4DCWzidbqa4d hAz2VjVizC3HCvnYdd8wcRZFOzz40F96au7YbOw8R0k0rRHuV19x7awhb63wf5rXDZi/3PZzy+6x dpKm6SvyUbLWlt+DRfQfwWDnz7d6QzPjbXrdIMF1YbB4it/hUEevmZKaPsP/Wg3xuBvtMoXCZZXs JBlIQSZnDf4Ds9QYmMu2uicAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+Zqef8cSl1HLV2i5XneDlah51hA= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135804 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31407 Archived-At: Xavier Maillard writes: > On 27 Nov 2005, leon wrote: > >> You'll be better off using gnus. > > I just do but I want to test other emacs mails modes. Rmail is > one of them and the oldest one AFAIK. I want to know why there so > many people still using it nowadays. Hmm... I picked gnus the first day I started using emacs. I have never had a chance to explore RMail. As stated in emacswiki: "Rmail is the primary Emacs mail-reader. I don't know how many people currently use it, but I will ignore any suggestion to treat it as unimportant." -- RMS I'm curious if it's capable of dealing large volume mailing lists. -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . * . . /.\ excuses are the easiest things . . /..'\ to manufacture . . /'.'\ and the hardest things to sell . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . . . .Leon . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.