From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Mail mode vs Message mode
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:46:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zfmn5b74.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cyjkulv5.fsf@riseup.net> (message from BP25 on Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:24:14 +0000)
> From: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net>
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:24:14 +0000
>
> I'm choosing which mail composition method to use betweem mailmode
> (sendmail.el) and messagemode (message.el). I wish there were a
> comprehensive compare and contrast on the Emacs manual!
>
> I gather the main difference is that one provides MIME-support (whatever
> this means).
No, they both support MIME.
message.el is the preferred (and more modern) mode, which is why it is
the default. So unless you have good reasons to use sendmail.el (for
example, some elaborate setup specific to sendmail.el), our
recommendation is to use message.el, per the default.
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2024-10-28 18:24 Mail mode vs Message mode BP25
2024-10-29 12:46 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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