From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email? Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:30 -0500 Message-ID: <9271.1259710590@alphaville.usa.hp.com> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFcI0-0006YU-1S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:37:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFcHu-0006Vz-UV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:37:47 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48141 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFcHu-0006Vv-Ru for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:37:42 -0500 Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:20716) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFcHu-00089s-CK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:37:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Keith Lancaster of "Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:34:24 CST." 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: Keith Lancaster Cc: Org Mode List Keith Lancaster wrote: > I apologize for the WAY off topic question, but since you folk are emacs = > experts....do you use emacs for email, and if so, what do you use? = > Org-mode caused me to switch to emacs after programming for 30 years in = > other editors, and so like many emacs converts, I'm not wanting to exit = > the app :-). > I've used MH for more than 20 years and I have never been tempted by anything else (I tried gnus/mutt/thunderbird and I still use them on defective (i.e. non-mh capable :-)) machines - but I will stop using MH only when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers). Of course, I use mh-e as the emacs interface, but it's handy to have the underlying MH programs available. I use fetchmail to download my mail from a couple of different pop/imap servers I use and store it locally on my laptop (where I also use mairix to index it). So MH only has to read the local store. It can also do pop with the appropriate incantation but it is fundamentally inconsistent with imap (imap insists on storing mail on the server, whereas MH wants it local). But I like the separation of concerns: fetchmail runs around like crazy and downloads the mail from all the servers out there, using all sorts of protocols; MH has only to worry about the local setup. This is just my 2 cents and it's not worth much more than that either: email is a very personal choice and finger memory is probably the most important advantage of my solution, so it may be worse than useless for you. HTH, Nick