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Re: package for Email
From: |
Martin Steffen |
Subject: |
Re: package for Email |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:10:11 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> "Emanuel" == Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:
Emanuel> Gottfried wrote:
>> 1. Which Email package do you use? Can you tell your experience
>> with your email package?
Emanuel> Gnus ...
me too.
>> 2. Does it make sense for me as an emacs-newbie to change from
>> using thunderbird to an emacs email package?
Emanuel> Yes, if you feel Emacs is the software for you.
I would agree
>> 4. I prefer to habe folders because I like to have an
>> overview. Mu4e doesn't have folders.
Emanuel> Gnus has folders, they are called groups.
>> 5. I want IMAP.
Emanuel> Gnus has everything, it's the longest program ever written.
>> 8. Should I start with Rmail? and later switch to GNU?
Emanuel> No.
I agree (but qualified). I used RMAIL when I started with emacs (long
time ago, and I think I used other emacs email software), gnus is way
more versatile. One thing that may speak against it is it can be
complex.
Actually, I started having troubles locally, after my organization did
no longer supported IMAP properly (which as a consequence mean, all
email clients/user programs work excellently as long as they are called
outlook). It required more and more fiddling to get the email experience
I want. And I guess it will get harder, since for some reason there will
soon be mandatory 2factor authentfication for reading emails.
but since gnus can be quite a monster, probably if one is a complete
beginner to emacs _and_ at the same time wants to use email in emacs,
gnus might be a challenge.
Martin
>> 9. Or is it useful to start with GNU because it has more options
>> and I have to learn it anyhow? [...]
Emanuel> Gnus has more options but you only learn the subset that
Emanuel> you use. Some options you don't really learn, you learn
Emanuel> them enough to put into a config file and then forget about
Emanuel> them ...
Emanuel> -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
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