From: Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Handling mail
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:44:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d062n33jsx.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 19998.64601.266213.844826@phoenix.squirrel.nl
Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> writes:
> After having used GNU/Emacs+VM for 20-odd years I wonder: is it still
> viable to use Emacs to handle modern mail?
>
> Most mail and mail-related packages (e.g. VM, BBDB, MailCrypt, WL)
> seem to be outdated and unmaintained for years. Many problems exist
> with multi-media mail, Unicode, and so on.
>
> Gnus seems to be the only package that is up-to-date (I use it for
> reading news and mailing lists), however I've never been able to live
> with it as a news reader. I'm very hooked to VM's virtual folders.
> My dearest wish is to continue using Emacs for mail but currently this
> feels like a dead end.
>
> What are your ideas and suggestions?
That you try using it for email. It works fine IMO. Gnus IMAP suport has
greatly improved. As for News, I find its way and above better than any
other news reader I have used - that and the convenience of the "emacs
world" being there at my fingertips offsets any benefits of using an
html type/gui front end. Yes, configuring it is a nightmare for
many. But when done its great.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-15 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-14 14:25 Handling mail Johan Vromans
2011-07-15 6:57 ` Bastien
2011-07-15 7:55 ` Alberto Luaces
2011-07-15 10:44 ` Richard Riley [this message]
2011-07-15 17:08 ` Johnny
2011-07-15 18:58 ` Johan Vromans
2011-07-15 19:26 ` Rasmus
2011-07-16 14:45 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.516.1310756319.8699.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <mailman.516.1310756319.8699.help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-15 20:25 ` Uday Reddy
2011-07-15 17:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-07-17 11:18 ` Richard Riley
2011-07-18 16:56 ` Bill Wohler
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