From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using R-mail in Emacs Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:34:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87zhwlzct5.fsf@gmail.com> References: <86va7afpda.fsf@zoho.com> <83musmktmv.fsf@gnu.org> <87r2hxstkw.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <837ejplc7p.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1536849191 22754 195.159.176.226 (13 Sep 2018 14:33:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:33:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 13 16:33:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g0Sg7-0005oB-77 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:33:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42811 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0SiD-0005gf-Kf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:35:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49298) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0ShK-0005VP-Uy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0ShH-0007Y9-Kw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wr1-x431.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::431]:45659) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0ShH-0007Xv-ER; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wr1-x431.google.com with SMTP id 20-v6so5932812wrb.12; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:34:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:mail-copies-to:gmane-reply-to-list :date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OnJQt99AjHVEl/lFRYjwK6U2Wu54gC1IaCS8/KEYT9U=; b=c+qoX3FX2F7wPTa/FYfGffLv5ToQCKbo/8Vc7Hq3svm054nJoQDV8VqjLWNzA0WMN4 5ILCx4/jQ3bJ6/vU5uHyy+xBGLJjEMn2tpGY4qR0TSZ21byLWKmuU2uvN7MKE3XoShfV KTTZ04oND+x82rFHK5ZTHXHYbMar3AsXD5OB9befLVuX07o5yNHNvfmo++lutr6bIsFd WG9UW1dJL77mhZXF2XxEAB5DmWfHK0R8WiiYp7yEDRGKwmI+wHPxyRDcuywQRf/BPClk dK252fzpETmuZt8FsxWG+jzCYtOb0Sj0kMWQWrr4j1j1pMRZIDKyrLjS4hHP4c72CtPl dKkA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:mail-copies-to :gmane-reply-to-list:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OnJQt99AjHVEl/lFRYjwK6U2Wu54gC1IaCS8/KEYT9U=; b=oOITH/BOZsfTV+6hatavUh+Uuu6aoZWw45v1nO6W3TkiO+02ci+ESPQOYDBIWyXHy4 eBT7ST4WlnbJPlkVNWJLV4sTu+Bq935xzJCq8Fk6BNoucgWnGlAf53l+1Z/9qReXJuU+ bfNdLRTQ4dllIiIVTwRzQ0os68OURYqIaxT/mdx2+enpGfeOLH5LRJrL5LXNtMcALR+m R5YBMezj0LeDcpFif+115BASJgfVA8WiVol27/L6XptRu9RDtcpkLGwJ4iVEsvU3S2mn Ryc7ONqz9Pa9x40+5bj0/7HBw8Mi0rZYk85oK0CfbXDcXKvKqor/CViBdgfqBcHQwU6y DONA== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51CzXEuiiALa+P/AGrV5F/hd575BvHUYoPPYMg/3/Ych5B4qb/6I Q2D260Vg4HXnk333HcRtDu4Fdqn3Tq0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdZF4NaWK/vuov0cLxq3uqesIjA2UBCs4YOMMxDfDQUiDZ6POFOH1/CCLCwUUks68Mtd8ca8RA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:90e:: with SMTP id 14-v6mr5862991wmj.130.1536849257863; Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:34:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from rpluim-ubuntu ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t9-v6sm8595988wra.91.2018.09.13.07.34.16 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:34:17 -0700 (PDT) Mail-Copies-To: never Gmane-Reply-To-List: yes In-Reply-To: <837ejplc7p.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:10:50 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::431 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:117889 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Eric S Fraga >> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:13:51 +0200 >>=20 >> > That's not true, because you are supposed to delete mails you no >> > longer need, or file them to various mail folders. >>=20 >> Maybe but I'd rather have the system work for me instead of me having to >> work at it. gnus will smartly auto-delete emails for me and will split >> (if desired) as well. > > You mean, Gnus can know when you have no more use of some email > message and it can be discarded? How does it do that? It does (at least) time based auto-expiration. Probably score based as well [1], plus you can mark messages as expirable/unexpirable. > When you have no good idea what to search for, having related email > messages together in the same folder will help finding what you are > looking for faster. So I find that some classification is still > useful, although I have search capabilities set up that can find any > email in split-seconds. I=CA=BCm also a fan of the 'big ball of email' model. Filing stuff into sub-folders just makes me forget where I put it. Footnotes: [1] Lack of features is not a problem Gnus has