Re: E-mail package

[Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com>]

divya@subvertising.org writes:

> I've always wondered how Gnus differs from Rmail, if one were to use
> the latter over the former what advantages would one have, and what
> can one might miss?
>

I simply want to emphasize that Gnus is more than a client — it is a software system that allows for practical human processing of huge numbers of incoming messages. It's various tools for grouping, filtering, scoring, and such like make it possible to handle a flood of incoming messages without being overwhelmed or losing focus on what is interesting to you. The backend system (e.g., nnimap, nnatom, etc.) allows you to integrate many, diverse streams of messages. E.g., e-mails, rss/atom feeds, and even things like new files in local directories.

There is certainly room for improvement. The docs mention the need for more advanced algorithms to be available for the scoring. This would, in theory, make it practical for gnus to automatically learn your reading interests.

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Christopher Howard