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Re: What's the state of the art for mail?
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martin |
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Re: What's the state of the art for mail? |
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Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:13:09 +0200 |
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"g" == gebser <gebser@speakeasy.net> writes:
g> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:08:28 -0400
g> Cc: GNU Emacs List <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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g> At 16:28 (UTC+0200) on Mon, 14 Jun 2004 martin@rochooni.net said:
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g> = ....
g> = JF>
g> = JF> Switching from nn to Gnus improved my quality of life greatly.
g> = JF> However, I consider it a serious defect that it does not allow one to
g> = JF> examine mail (at least the sender & subject) before downloading it.
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g> = hi,
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g> = there is imap support by the nnimap backend.
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g> And nnimap is used by gnus?
yes, you may browse the gnus info pages (type "C-h i m gnus") and the
news group gnu.emacs.gnus for details.
imap is the mail protocol, which allows by default just what you want,
i.e. viewing sender & subject in your mail folders on the mail server
without donloading the mail body.
martin
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