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: rmail: dealing with mailing lists ? Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:04:56 -0800 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <878xv9x67b.fsf@olgas.newt.com> References: <86u0dy9m73.fsf@gmail.com> <87d5km82e1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133118818 16569 80.91.229.2 (27 Nov 2005 19:13:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 27 20:13:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRwQ-0007SN-FA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:12:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRwP-00084a-T4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:12:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRw4-00082z-Q9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:11:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRw2-000829-W1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:11:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRw2-00081x-QM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:11:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1EgRw2-0002uq-LQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:11:38 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EgRvr-0007CY-IC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:11:27 +0100 Original-Received: from h-68-166-189-106.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.166.189.106]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:11:27 +0100 Original-Received: from wohler by h-68-166-189-106.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:11:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h-68-166-189-106.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jgpkGLDB6EYWrX0bZyDQZinjwQ4= 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:31423 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Xavier Maillard writes: > >>> You'll be better off using gnus. >> >> I just do but I want to test other emacs mails modes. Rmail is >> one of them and the oldest one AFAIK. I want to know why there so >> many people still using it nowadays. > > Rmail is simple to use, but does not do fancy things like mail > splitting. If you need stuff like that, use gnus. Or procmail. I use both MH-E (http://mh-e.sf.net/) and Gnus myself. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.