From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manuel Hermenegildo Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email? Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:36:09 +0100 Message-ID: <19222.2777.153235.318509@dhcp-163.imdea> References: <87d42yazpc.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <20091202025608.GH26697@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> Reply-To: Manuel Hermenegildo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFiwW-0003cC-Px for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:44:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFiwR-0003aR-JB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:44:04 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59542 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFiwR-0003aM-8B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:43:59 -0500 Received: from relay.fi.upm.es ([138.100.8.77]:53735 helo=relay4.fi.upm.es) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFiwQ-00084f-RU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:43:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091202025608.GH26697@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Russell Adams Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I have used vm for a very long time (after using rmail for an even longer time), and am reasonably happy with it: it manages mime and attachments pretty well, specially in combination with w3m, handles imap/pop well (although I use fetchmail), it is very fast in use, and its virtual folder capabilities are extremely useful. It also has a mairix interface. Hey, if we also had a good browser I would never exit emacs... ;-) (*) I have also tried gnus but I find it a bit too hard to configure and overall too complicated for the task. Having said the above, I think an emacs mail reader based on modern search and tags would be *fantastic*. Notmuch looks very interesting! (Although I have not had time yet to test it thoroughly.) Manuel (*) I use conkeror as external browser, which is the closest thing to staying inside emacs. I also use w3m for quick stuff (e.g., within vm), but it falls short on certain things. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manuel Hermenegildo | Prof., C.S.Dept., T.U. Madrid (UPM) Director, IMDEA Software and CLIP Group | +34-91-336-7435 (W) -352-4819 (Fax) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------