From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for email: Rmail v VM v Gnus Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 22:34:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87lii0iivf.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <87mx2cspnv.fsf@notengoamigos.org> <87zk6cdk1x.fsf@gmail.com> <871ujnhahb.fsf@micropit.couberia.bzh> <87zk6aa2fz.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1344116071 24653 80.91.229.3 (4 Aug 2012 21:34:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 21:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs To: Jeremiah Dodds Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 04 23:34:32 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SxlzT-0004u0-GW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:34:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxlzS-0001YX-NC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:34:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxlzO-0001WT-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxlzN-0006vq-6l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:59132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SxlzN-0006vl-06 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:34:25 -0400 Original-Received: by eeke49 with SMTP id e49so461045eek.0 for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:34:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/POwPRcOqh7GgO2p2Ms26M+wQc8fUngNOZsHbkRrxwE=; b=e94ne3RBgqZ/hGY3ivu4G4B2ozq/inIDf4o6EeEXOf3z1uuacNYigY7NXAZKWYrWCy Tv9vyElSGQ96KvIWKlCVVcjSwelumfpHzyfWuyah/48tk7WGMEEXrRibMcbXnOxrv/3x +Q089f6qmHJ2LtiiRqRa0pkS0kL4PeKSOVNXk7UzS0aUHgcSz0eRRlVj3uv4G+zNyitq 7KzTxQIk6FWn3rVvGmRoPtsv0CcaDXaQyhIK5Jfb4HGF7zb71++9J94ddPkkgz5wJK2U 7+PZzlzupalDKJCZxZ2Yk3MbY+65SbdA3tllGYqnVTEQAIuC0ERFNTrh9+EGoWx+/fKg X/EQ== Original-Received: by 10.14.210.194 with SMTP id u42mr7388660eeo.11.1344116063677; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:34:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.14.187.11 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 14:34:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zk6aa2fz.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.125.83.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86208 Archived-At: On 4 August 2012 20:21, Jeremiah Dodds wrote: > Peter M=FCnster writes: > >> On Fri, Aug 03 2012, James Freer wrote: >> >>> I just want something as easy as Thunderbird or similar to set up - >>> just enter in the pop/imap and smtp bits... then use. >> >> No problem with Gnus: just accept the default settings. > > Funnily enough, it took me a couple failed attempts and quite a bit of > gathering emacs experience to be able to set up gnus (mostly for email) > easily. When I did it, I was like "wait, that's all I needed to do? WTF > was wrong with me before?" Of course, I couldn't remember wtf was wrong > with me before. That's a good point. The fastest mail reader would probably be the simplest > That said, I'm not sure how gnus compares to GUI clients wrt speed, but > it's certainly not regarded as a "speedy" mail reader... > > Jeremiah Dodds which would suit me... so out of Gnus, WL, VM and MH-E -- which [has anyone actually tried each of them]. james