From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Francis Moreau Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for email Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:46:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235162843 8924 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2009 20:47:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:47:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs To: James Freer Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 20 21:48:38 2009 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 1LacIP-00028r-A2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:48:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43807 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LacH4-0003aP-W2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:47:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LacGi-0003aD-9D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LacGg-0003Zp-LB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51618 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LacGg-0003Zl-EU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:46:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f160.google.com ([209.85.218.160]:35177) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LacGf-0001SO-UX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:46:42 -0500 Original-Received: by bwz4 with SMTP id 4so3016644bwz.18 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:46:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:to:cc:subject:references:from :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=hb4oFSsMx41kdmnRoBkUx3fSPAxOWpM+Y6GT4jJHV+M=; b=fhXAOKdqUEGLqGOvoAtyn8aEk9MBOy5jM1es2ImHjhPiVnfnyntwR3nkcg5jCdDKuI +jtp7dgEMZzwW5COqJMpksFHXIbJNJeIL45/xEMSmdnSAkKJeD8SnF91C0Iaj6la4boW 3RJsqjD8EYdR8nqL/+DRpTbf019Gu8MIBZ1Lc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=to:cc:subject:references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=iwtA5KqWm+awjd+rUZhsRhQa3Zf4iYdbJjAdIwjtbfw9eHJv4jG6YtbkmpJfxLciHE WJDygqZAg02B5GKpA/+Uubdz/NcNLPUy79RZrnIaaVEpEJbCaRmR5AWj5Jh41hwT0XVO UNsNB/RTPzpcMFSiHez2wJOqPF4uTel3R+Sdw= Original-Received: by 10.223.107.9 with SMTP id z9mr1598132fao.1.1235162798288; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:46:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost (au213-1-82-235-205-153.fbx.proxad.net [82.235.205.153]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm718298eyx.44.2009.02.20.12.46.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:46:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (James Freer's message of "Thu\, 19 Feb 2009 23\:11\:45 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:62233 Archived-At: James Freer writes: > I've been trying to set up emacs for reading mail. I'm a bit lost as > so far i haven't found whether to set up rc files like you do for mutt > [.procmailrc, .muttrc, mstmprc, .fetchmailrc] or what? Rmail or Gnus > is part of emacs i understood although one can replace with VM. > > Be grateful for advice or links as i think i've been looking in the > wrong places - online manual seems v.brief and the emacs.pdf is a bit > thin. I use gnus to read my email with emacs. BUT, I wouldn't recommend it if you're not confident with news stuff and you haven't a lot of time for investigating how to setup gnus. I use to using mutt as well, and it's much more easier to setup and to use than gnus. The main advantage with gnus is its ability to read news groups. For reading emails with emacs, there's also Mew but I haven't give it a try. -- Francis