Re: E-mail package

[Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com>]

divya@subvertising.org writes:

>> If you have not already, then you might want to skim through 
>> the chapter of Emacs built-in email client, RMAIL.  It is 
>> included in the Emacs user manual and can be read by evaluating 
>> the following expression in Emacs:
>>    (info "(emacs) Rmail")
>> Or, type C-h r to begin reading the Emacs user manual, and then 
>> type ‘g’ to display the "Go to node: " prompt, and then type 
>> rmail and press the Return/Enter key.  The Labels, Attrs, and 
>> Summary sections might describe a solution that you could use.
>
> I've always wondered how Gnus differs from Rmail, if one were to 
> use the latter over the former what advantages would one have, 
> and what can one might miss?

In my opinion the biggest difference is the mail storage 
support. AFAIK Rmail really only has one type: its own files. It 
depends on external programs to move or copy messages across from 
other types, both local and remote.

Gnus even just for mail is quite different on that front: (info 
"(gnus) Mail Source Specifiers").

But  Gnus also (mostly) unifies the news and mail reading 
experience, treating news as just another kind of message storage.

Regards,

        - Joel