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bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgård) writes:

> You might consider using Gnus for mail, as well.

I use gnus most of the time, but I think rmail is probably simpler for
a beginner. Gnus can be a little overwhelming, what with all the
different back ends, the need to implicitly handle the deleting of
mail (through expiry), and so forth.

Bijan