From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Mail mode vs Message mode Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:46:07 +0200 Message-ID: <86zfmn5b74.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87cyjkulv5.fsf@riseup.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="779"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 29 13:47:06 2024 Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org> Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>) id 1t5lcm-000AYW-U9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:47:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <help-gnu-emacs-bounces@gnu.org>) id 1t5lc2-00074A-6A; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:46:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>) id 1t5lbu-00071q-H0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>) id 1t5lbt-0002oI-Pm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:46:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=dZ6ySKHihMZFU5MJINrVFdE9OrgsF2pqEMiqcheVs1M=; b=mRcHWuQfXAfb nMhG21PuoEx6q3udiaI4/GjlAI/IHy0NGeiBH2Cr4v1C0PbSXhUg7+szySk8+gLEEL0yyrFA//ebu CM/R/VvqXxI66okVjrdNVstqdgY0Shy4d+pSHbbSOsSlYAkR7zxFLIeHC5xiueVhgOgA46N07zjEv leSonZSYOox6mMVHEYnoCRv8vilKgpLIFa1Ukl2cWLttkwT+JdhS4rUyghoSMKuytJKC0R7nvpSZg yWuD7zZ7tOxIycOAmJUrlveXpz7QXuv9dhtZKFqxx0dDAkYvwWYC8xVoaQIrrmuINOfJcGXfk9DN5 GKgohyRBuhMil9RnFuBjKg==; In-Reply-To: <87cyjkulv5.fsf@riseup.net> (message from BP25 on Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:24:14 +0000) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs> List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:148256 Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/148256> > From: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:24:14 +0000 > > I'm choosing which mail composition method to use betweem mailmode > (sendmail.el) and messagemode (message.el). I wish there were a > comprehensive compare and contrast on the Emacs manual! > > I gather the main difference is that one provides MIME-support (whatever > this means). No, they both support MIME. message.el is the preferred (and more modern) mode, which is why it is the default. So unless you have good reasons to use sendmail.el (for example, some elaborate setup specific to sendmail.el), our recommendation is to use message.el, per the default.