From: James Freer <jessejazza3.uk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Uday Reddy <usr.vm.rocks-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org,
viewmail-info-qX2TKyscuCcdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Emacs for email: Rmail v VM v Gnus
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:21:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAuthdQtk6n3TLEyzrQptinRVa2aT1wvVJVYFZ0k0TqqThUDBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20519.24129.473000.750075-4mDQ13Tdud8Jw5R7aSpS0dP8p4LwMBBS@public.gmane.org>
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Uday Reddy <usr.vm.rocks-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> chad writes:
>
>> If you want to use emacs and keep your mail on the server, you
>> probably want to look into Wanderlust. Gnus can do it also [...]
>>
>> If you don't mind moving to keep your email locally, your options
>> expand quite a bit. In addition to Gnus, you can try rmail, mh-e, and
>> VM.
>
> I would like to correct the impression that VM is a local folder mail
> client. Starting with version 8.1.0 (released in March 2010), VM has had
> full support for IMAP. Quoting from the release notes for 8.1.0:
>
> MAJOR NEW FEATURES:
>
> * Support for reading and replying to messages in HTML.
>
> * Full support for IMAP servers. (See "IMPROVEMENTS for
> imap-folders".)
>
> I should also add that VM is very similar to Rmail in its basic structure,
> but extends Rmail with full support for MIME and POP/IMAP servers. It also
> has a very powerful virtual folder facility. (VM was in fact the inventor
> of the "virtual folder" concept). Virtual folders are extremely useful when
> you have to deal with large quantities of email, with multiple mail folders
> etc.
>
> You can find the public releases of VM here:
>
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/viewmail/
>
> and the development versions here:
>
> http://launchpad.net/vm
>
> Cheers,
> Uday
As VM isn't part of gnu-emacs why has Rmail not been developed. There
was a discussion thread a while back on how emacs could be improved.
Emacs is "complete working environment" but for email for IMAP and
virtual folders one has to turn to another app. Xemacs i believe has
VM installed with it. Why not use Xemacs? well i found it fairly poor
compared with gnu-emacs [well it doesn't seem to have been compiled
properly for use on ubuntu somehow.]
james
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-14 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-03 22:22 Emacs for email: Rmail v VM v Gnus James Freer
2012-07-04 1:35 ` John Wiegley
2012-07-04 17:56 ` James Freer
2012-07-13 0:06 ` chad
2012-07-13 22:02 ` James Freer
2012-07-13 22:12 ` James Freer
[not found] ` <mailman.4670.1342138516.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <mailman.4670.1342138516.855.help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-12 7:41 ` Uday Reddy
[not found] ` <20519.24129.473000.750075-4mDQ13Tdud8Jw5R7aSpS0dP8p4LwMBBS@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-14 9:21 ` James Freer [this message]
2012-08-14 23:21 ` Richard Riley
[not found] ` <mailman.6977.1344959485.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-14 18:25 ` [VM] " Lowell Gilbert
2012-08-14 22:56 ` James Freer
2012-08-14 23:23 ` Richard Riley
[not found] ` <mailman.7005.1344984971.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-15 12:59 ` Carson Chittom
2012-08-15 13:59 ` Peter Davis
2012-08-15 23:19 ` Richard Riley
2012-07-04 18:07 ` Francesco Mazzoli
2012-07-04 21:07 ` James Freer
2012-07-05 6:19 ` Filipp Gunbin
2012-07-05 13:07 ` Jeremy Nickurak
2012-07-08 21:50 ` James Freer
2012-07-08 22:09 ` Francesco Mazzoli
2012-07-09 6:24 ` Filipp Gunbin
2012-07-31 5:45 ` Bill Wohler
2012-08-02 22:12 ` James Freer
[not found] ` <mailman.6204.1343945551.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-03 1:57 ` Jason Earl
2012-08-03 16:20 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2012-08-03 20:22 ` James Freer
2012-08-03 20:35 ` James Freer
2012-08-04 5:19 ` Laurent Hoeltgen
2012-08-03 22:33 ` Peter Münster
2012-08-04 19:21 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-08-04 21:34 ` James Freer
2012-08-04 21:50 ` Suvayu Ali
2012-08-09 21:52 ` Rémi Letot
[not found] ` <87y5lnafx9.fsf@poukram.net>
2012-08-09 22:59 ` Suvayu Ali
2012-08-10 11:43 ` Rémi Letot
2012-08-10 0:17 ` Monte Stevens
2012-08-10 1:01 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2012-08-10 1:40 ` Suvayu Ali
[not found] ` <mailman.6327.1344116068.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-05 4:51 ` dustin.hemmerling
2012-08-04 19:05 ` Bill Wohler
[not found] <mailman.3979.1341354129.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-04 19:05 ` harven
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