Nate Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Nate: it's a while since I looked at VM on XEmacs. I found its
> > layout cluttered and it's key sequences awkward. How configurable
> > is it, really? Do you use it as it comes out of the box?
>
> Really configurable, and no, I don't use it in an out-of-the-box
> configuration.
>
> I remap many of the keybindings, as well as have it setup to deal with
> procmail filtered email, which works very well.
I can only second Nate:
I use procmail to filter all incoming mail in seperate folders
(mailinglists, admin-mails, ...), use SpamBouncer (procmail script;
http://www-new.hrweb.org/spambouncer/) to filter out spam and Emacs/VM
to read my mails. Together, these tools do a _very_ good job in
organizing my mails. This approach at least halved the time I need to
wade through mails every day.
Regarding configurability: If SpamBouncer doesn't get all spam, a simple
"Z" in VM will mail all postmasters/abuse-accounts on the mailpath,
informing them about abuse. You can do this and essentially every other
task by using the provided 'hooks'. Ok, it takes a bit of lisp
programming ...
Another benefit of this approach is, that I can process mails further,
without leaving Emacs. Say, if someone mailed me sourcecode, I can edit
it, compile, run and delete it - all in Emacs. :-)
But then, I'm an Emacs addict (typing this in GNUS, the Emacs
newsreader). :-)
-Walter [knowing that he's starting a holy war!]
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