From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dirk-Jan C. Binnema Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Anyone gone from mutt to Emacs? was: Re: Moving from Thunderbird to Emacs for mail and calendar Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:34:13 +0300 Organization: DJCBSoftware Message-ID: <87hbu41mxm.wl%djcb@djcbsoftware.nl> References: <87d45vhcuo.fsf@mahal.sjds.teklibre.org> Reply-To: djcb@djcbsoftware.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255807837 21021 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2009 19:30:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:30:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 17 21:30:27 2009 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 1MzEyw-0002lk-6e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:30:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45788 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MzEyv-0007WF-Gj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:30:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzExi-0006wv-HV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzExd-0006qI-K5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55417 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MzExd-0006q1-7b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from gw02.mail.saunalahti.fi ([195.197.172.116]:33264) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MzExc-00053B-Mi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from djcbsoftware.nl (a88-112-254-208.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.112.254.208]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gw02.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3B31396DC for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:28:55 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from cthulhu.mindcrime.djcbsoftware.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by djcbsoftware.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7D339C00C for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:28:53 +0300 (EEST) Resent-From: Dirk-Jan C. Binnema Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:28:53 +0300 Resent-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Mail-Reply-To: djcb@djcbsoftware.nl User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.6 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/23.1 Mule/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Resent-Message-Id: <20091017192853.5E7D339C00C@djcbsoftware.nl> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:09 -0400 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:69058 Archived-At: >>>>> "Matt" == Matt Lundin writes: Matt> dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: >> A top-post: Here, someone went from Thunderbird (gui, etc) to emacs, >> showing what he had to do to succeed. (I include it all this once, so >> if expired for you, is newified again.) >> >> Question: I use mutt on my isp-shell-account, and like it, and use .1% >> of its capability (I think, so powerful is it). Has anyone switched >> from mutt to emacs (temporarily or not)? Comments? Matt> Yes, I have. Both Gnus and Wanderlust are fantastic email clients. There Matt> are a lot of configuration examples online, if you want to get started Matt> with either of them. I have too -- I moved from mutt (many years) to Wanderlust and am quite happy with it. I've been trying gnus as well, but I never succeeded in setting it up to my satisfaction. I've written a bit about it: http://emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/06/e-mail-with-wanderlust.html http://emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanderlust-tips-and-tricks.html But WL and Gnus are very powerful -- but if you only use .1% of the capabilities, it might be overkill... Although even then, the integration with the rest of my workflow is nice. mutt is a find program, but the scripting is no match for what emacs-based clients can do. Best wishes, Dirk. -- Dirk-Jan C. Binnema Helsinki, Finland e:djcb@djcbsoftware.nl w:www.djcbsoftware.nl pgp: D09C E664 897D 7D39 5047 A178 E96A C7A1 017D DA3C