From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Corey Foote Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Migrating from Microsoft Outlook to Gnus Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:43:43 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_42a0b88e-07f1-414d-942e-181136d21a1c_" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202496256 29687 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2008 18:44:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:44:16 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 19:44:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JNYDA-0003O6-KS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:44:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNYCh-0004Zm-QM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNYCQ-0004ZI-GZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNYCO-0004Y9-Tm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNYCO-0004Xs-Mv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:44 -0500 Original-Received: from blu139-omc2-s21.blu139.hotmail.com ([65.55.175.191]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNYCO-0001VH-Hg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:44 -0500 Original-Received: from BLU105-W12 ([65.55.162.185]) by blu139-omc2-s21.blu139.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:43:43 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [75.67.96.217] Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2008 18:43:43.0573 (UTC) FILETIME=[87BE0850:01C86A82] X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51343 Archived-At: --_42a0b88e-07f1-414d-942e-181136d21a1c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I'm interested in switching from Microsoft Outlook to an Emacs based email = client. I'd be willing to learn Gnus or any other Emacs extension which wou= ld make this possible. Are there any resources available for people making = this transition? My main concern is that Outlook makes it possible to schedule meetings by e= mail. You can create a meeting request and add participants. Each of these = participants will then have a meeting added to their calendar within Outloo= k once they accept the meeting request. This is how I keep my life organize= d, and I'd be looking for something in Emacs which could duplicate this fun= ctionally or at least provided a good alternative. Ideally I'd like my Emacs based Email client to be able to work with these = Outlook meeting requests. That way it would be seamless, and none of my cow= orkers would have to know I had secretly abandoned Outlook. :-) Thank you for helping me free myself from proprietary software! Sincerely, Corey Foote _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts!=A0Play the word scramble challenge with sta= r power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=3Dstarshuffle_wlmailtextlink_ja= n= --_42a0b88e-07f1-414d-942e-181136d21a1c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,

I'm interested in switching from Microsoft Outlook to an Emac= s based email client. I'd be willing to learn Gnus or any other Emacs exten= sion which would make this possible. Are there any resources available for = people making this transition?

My main concern is that Outlook makes= it possible to schedule meetings by email. You can create a meeting reques= t and add participants. Each of these participants will then have a meeting= added to their calendar within Outlook once they accept the meeting reques= t. This is how I keep my life organized, and I'd be looking for something i= n Emacs which could duplicate this functionally or at least provided a good= alternative.

Ideally I'd like my Emacs based Email client to be abl= e to work with these Outlook meeting requests. That way it would be seamles= s, and none of my coworkers would have to know I had secretly abandoned Out= look. :-)

Thank you for helping me free myself from proprietary soft= ware!

Sincerely,

Corey Foote

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