Re: Alternatives to Gnus

[Jeff Clough <jeff@chaosphere.com>]

Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:

> I mean, something that is actively maintained and enhanced. And has
> also a pretty big users community.

I think my original paragraph below sums it up.  And given the user base
of Gnus, I'm not sure I'd describe any alternative as having "a pretty
big users community".

>> There's a mailing list but it gets very little traffic, and I've seen
>> some questions/comments go unanswered by the maintainer for two or three
>> weeks.  That said, the manual on the Mew site is great, gives you all
>> the information you need in one place and the software will take about
>> fifteen minutes to set up.
>>
>> Mew ultimately didn't meet my needs,
>
> Why not ?

Well, part of it was the lack of news.  Or, at least, any obvious
indication that Mew actually does news.  The rest boil down to
wanting/needing a larger feature set and having a more "hack-friendly"
package.  With Gnus, it's highly likely that any feature or ability you
want is already there.  With Mew, it's likely not and the code doesn't
(in my opinion) lend itself well to tinkering with.

Again, just my opinion.  Mew may work fine for you as a MUA.

Jeff

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