From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sivaram Neelakantan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for email: Rmail v VM v Gnus Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:50:10 +0530 Message-ID: <87zk6cdk1x.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87lii0iivf.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <87mx2cspnv.fsf@notengoamigos.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1344010832 10513 80.91.229.3 (3 Aug 2012 16:20:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:20:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 03 18:20:32 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKc3-0000zX-Gy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:20:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53341 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKc2-0007qO-O2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:20:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46262) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKbu-0007qI-Vm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKbu-0003P1-6G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47624) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKbt-0003Ox-VF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SxKbt-0000w2-7B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:20:21 +0200 Original-Received: from 122.179.86.17 ([122.179.86.17]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:20:21 +0200 Original-Received: from nsivaram.net by 122.179.86.17 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:20:21 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 122.179.86.17 User-Mail-Address: nsivaram.net@gmail.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110019 (No Gnus v0.19) Emacs/24.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MBnTtn+6WREqfYdC9ICWQkcFzeE= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86181 Archived-At: On Fri, Aug 03 2012,Jason Earl wrote: [snipped 38 lines] > If you want something that is easy to install then Gnus has the > advantage of coming pre-installed on recent copies of GNU Emacs. The > problem with Gnus (if there is a problem) is that it is so ridiculously > flexible that it can be difficult to configure. > > Personally, I think that it is worth the effort, but not everyone feels > the same way. I'd have to say, you have to be daft to use Gnus, which is a sort of compliment....in a different way. I don't know why I use Gnus but I do know that if I use some other mail client, I feel unhappy with the workflow that the new mail client imposes on me. So I stick to Gnus. :-) As others will attest, Gnus works; its terminology is not exactly mainstream (heck, if you're using Emacs, you're already a hippie) and the documentation is huge for a mail client. It sure ain't Apple(TM) for user friendliness at first. But you keep hammering at it, one day you will get it; Exhausted by the sunk cost, you will stick to Gnus for the rest of your email life. Trust me, that happens. Look at this crowd on this list! :-) Or me. sivaram --