Re: Gnus (was: Re: Help setting up POP3 email (rmail))

[Emanuel Berg]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

>>> Regarding Gnus vs Rmail, what's the difference?
>>> Rmail uses multiple mbox files and Gnus use
>>> multiple mbox files by default. They're both the
>>> same if you're tinkering with mail using command
>>> line tools.
>>
>> Gnus is a universe in itself - much like Emacs
>
> Nothing of what you say across 3 emails addresses
> the point I made above.

The difference between Rmail and Gnus is that:

- Rmail is an application with a limited scope:
  virtually an Emacs interface which allows you to
  fetch mails from a mail server and then have them
  displayed and browsable.

- Gnus is an ever-expanding system of programs which
  by now encompasses huge parts of all human
  communication that at this point is done with
  computers, offering multiple backends and methods
  available for each and every one of them, including
  mails (also the compose part which Rmail doesn't do
  - as for the fetching/organizing there are several
  backends and surplus programs considerably more
  advanced than anything Rmail does, e.g. scoring) -
  Gnus also comes with support for listbots (Gmane,
  the outstanding mail-to-NNTP gateway which is
  "Usenet 2.0"), plain Usenet (also NNTP, still
  available and carrying unique material), blogs
  (Gwene, also a gateway), and RSS - with integration
  with web browsers and many other odd but interesting
  features, and with many more to come.

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