From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin@rochooni.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What's the state of the art for mail? Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:13:09 +0200 Organization: Bosch Rexroth AG Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87lliwaek9.fsf@bonzo.foo> <657juaz00p.fsf@rochooni.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089119904 12600 80.91.224.253 (6 Jul 2004 13:18:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 06 15:18:10 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bhppq-0002Op-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:18:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bhprr-0006Lt-QZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:20:15 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!peernews3.colt.net!news0.de.colt.net!news1.boschrexroth.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.110.240.55 Original-X-Trace: loghost1.eu.boschrexroth.com 1089119453 28334 10.110.240.55 (6 Jul 2004 13:10:53 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@eu.boschrexroth.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:10:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:0ZWGCKpaoPRSeOaOfIMJvHi+hhQ= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124152 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19483 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19483 "g" == gebser writes: g> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:08:28 -0400 g> Cc: GNU Emacs List g> g> At 16:28 (UTC+0200) on Mon, 14 Jun 2004 martin@rochooni.net said: g> g> = .... g> = JF> g> = JF> Switching from nn to Gnus improved my quality of life greatly. g> = JF> However, I consider it a serious defect that it does not allow one to g> = JF> examine mail (at least the sender & subject) before downloading it. g> = g> = hi, g> = g> = there is imap support by the nnimap backend. g> g> And nnimap is used by gnus? yes, you may browse the gnus info pages (type "C-h i m gnus") and the news group gnu.emacs.gnus for details. imap is the mail protocol, which allows by default just what you want, i.e. viewing sender & subject in your mail folders on the mail server without donloading the mail body. martin g> g> g> = g> = ... g> g> -- martin dot fischer at boschrexroth dot de