Re: E-mail package

[Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com>]

gfp <gfp@posteo.at> writes:

> When I opening Thunderbird, and I am connected to the internet,
> I see all my folders (if I also scroll down, because I have many)
> and see immediately all new incoming emails in the specific folders,
> I have created, because the folders with the new emails
> turn in bold letters.
> So I have in some seconds the overview of all new emails arrived
> and can now assess, which emails are important to me.
>
> That is very handy for me, because I am a "graphical person",
> I like a graphical overview.
>
> Is that also achievable in GNUS?
> with groups?
>

Hi, this should be doable but adjusting the group buffer format. See section 3.1 Group Buffer Format and in particular 3.1.3 Group Highlighting, to add color. Adjusting the formatting should also allow inserting unicode characters to get folder icons, though I haven't played with that.

So, that should be quite doable. By default, however, the Groups that have no unread messages will be hidden from view, so it is not necessary to highlight groups that have messages. The command gnus-group-list-all-groups (L) causes all groups to be visible. I expect there must be a Gnus variable that makes listing all groups to be the default, but I'm having trouble finding it.

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Christopher Howard