Re: package for Email

[Martin Steffen <msteffen@ifi.uio.no>]

>>>>> "Emanuel" == Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:

    Emanuel> Gottfried wrote:

    >> 1. Which Email package do you use? Can you tell your experience
    >> with your email package?

    Emanuel> Gnus ...

me too. 

    >> 2. Does it make sense for me as an emacs-newbie to change from
    >> using thunderbird to an emacs email package?

    Emanuel> Yes, if you feel Emacs is the software for you.

I would agree

    >> 4. I prefer to habe folders because I like to have an
    >> overview. Mu4e doesn't have folders.

    Emanuel> Gnus has folders, they are called groups.

    >> 5. I want IMAP.

    Emanuel> Gnus has everything, it's the longest program ever written.

    >> 8. Should I start with Rmail? and later switch to GNU?

    Emanuel> No.

I agree (but qualified). I used RMAIL when I started with emacs (long
time ago, and I think I used other emacs email software), gnus is way
more versatile. One thing that may speak against it is it can be
complex.


Actually, I started having troubles locally, after my organization did
no longer supported IMAP properly (which as a consequence mean, all
email clients/user programs work excellently as long as they are called
outlook). It required more and more fiddling to get the email experience
I want. And I guess it will get harder, since for some reason there will
soon be mandatory 2factor authentfication for reading emails.

but since gnus can be quite a monster, probably if one is a complete
beginner to emacs _and_ at the same time wants to use email in emacs,
gnus might be a challenge.


Martin


    >> 9. Or is it useful to start with GNU because it has more options
    >> and I have to learn it anyhow? [...]

    Emanuel> Gnus has more options but you only learn the subset that
    Emanuel> you use. Some options you don't really learn, you learn
    Emanuel> them enough to put into a config file and then forget about
    Emanuel> them ...

    Emanuel> -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal