From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Soliciting Recommendations for a Mail Client Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:28:46 -0700 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <871w2gaye9.fsf@olgas.newt.com> References: <20080404021252.GB67048@slim.pmade.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214764174 13219 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2008 18:29:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:29:34 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 29 20:30:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KD1fG-0005Dd-RM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:30:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36460 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD1eQ-0000mg-MN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:29:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD1e3-0000kM-JM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD1e2-0000iB-1Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47450 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD1e1-0000i0-T4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40261 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KD1e1-0002Mn-CO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KD1dw-0007Me-BN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:28:56 +0000 Original-Received: from h-68-165-5-130.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.165.5.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:28:56 +0000 Original-Received: from wohler by h-68-165-5-130.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:28:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 55 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h-68-165-5-130.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7ntjJVVw66/HvBWNF8urEkFYpGk= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:55137 Archived-At: Peter Jones writes: > I'm sure that there are plenty of people on this list that would love > to recommend their Emacs-based MUA to me, so please go for it. Hi Peter, Sorry for the long delay, but I've been buried with the Kepler project (kepler.nasa.gov). Of course I have to recommend MH-E! >From http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/: MH-E is the Emacs interface to the MH mail system. It offers all the functionality of MH, the visual orientation and simplicity of use of a GUI, and full integration with Emacs and XEmacs, including thorough configuration and online help. MH-E allows one to read and process mail very quickly: many commands are single characters; completion and smart defaults are used for folder names and aliases. With MH-E you compose outgoing messages in Emacs. This is a big plus for Emacs users, but even non-Emacs users have been known to use MH-E after only learning the most basic cursor motion commands. Additional features include: * attractive text rendering with font lock * composition and display of (MIME) attachments such as photos * display of images and HTML within the Emacs frame * folder browsing with speedbar * threading * ticking messages * lightning-fast full-text indexed searches of all of your email * virtual folders to view ticked and unseen messages, search results * multiple personalities * signing and encrypting * spam filter interaction * XFace, Face, X-Image-URL header field support with picons MH is Rand's Mail Handler, whose functionality is available in MH, nmh and GNU mailutils. There's a brief introduction and tutorial in the manual at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/manual/ Here's the page of mailing lists, where you can read about the experiences of recent converts :-): https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13357 -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD