From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xavier Maillard Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email? Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:30:49 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFikH-0007Kf-5F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:31:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFikC-0007IV-6y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:31:24 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46507 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFikB-0007IN-VX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:31:20 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:45643) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFikB-0007Lg-EM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:31:19 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NFik9-0007Px-KD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:31:17 +0100 Received: from cha51-2-82-244-211-40.fbx.proxad.net ([82.244.211.40]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:31:17 +0100 Received: from xma by cha51-2-82-244-211-40.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:31:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Le 01/12/2009 22:34, Keith Lancaster a écrit : > 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 am using Rmail. I have used all possible MUA for GNU Emacs on Earth but simplicity and ease of use is really important to me. - Gnus was and is still too heavy for my needs and it is full of useless gadgets for me (threads, groups, posting style, ...). - Wanderlust is nice too and really powerful (virtual folders was why I chose it). I am now using wl exclusively for NNTP (which I do not practice that much lately) - MH and its emacs fronted is nice if you have time to learn how the system is working (the learning curve is huge in my opinion). So sorry since it is the one that I preferred. - VM is more or less an "enhanced rmail". After several tries at all of them, rmail has still my preference: - comes with official GNU Emacs distribution - really simple - no complex setup (thus not tempted to play with it) My mail system is like that: fetchmail -> rmail. Full stop. When I read an email either I answer to it if needed or it is deleted. I no longer archive all and everything for years (for nothing). When I archive something it is outside my way. Xavier