Brett Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Under X? Try Gnus. It doesn't just work properly in strange
>situations, it works properly in normal situations as well! And it is
>the MOST real MUA you will ever find. It can be pretty...run it under
>XEmacs.
I think we need a Gnus "deprogrammer". Socha's infected another
one. :-)
>However, if you are going to be making this a 'standard' program for
>new users, then I recommend Gnus. If it is going to be for management,
>you want them to have a real nice interface, and you're going to have
>to give them a short tutorial. So you will want to use...guess
>it...Gnus!
You're new users and management must be exceptional. I've never had
any luck getting ours to use Emacs for editing, much less for mail or
news reading. If you do go this route, prepare to provide *lots* of
handholding.
>I would never have been so blunt about an MUA a week ago, but
>seriously, I underestimated the power of Gnus. I am using it now, and
>the normal day-to-day stuff is real simple once you've figured it
>out. Do the world a favour, and start your staff/yourself using
>Gnus. You won't regret it.
It could easily be a regrettable decision. It's not right for every
one, in every environment.
I've been using Emacs for ~20 years, and Gnus for ~8 years, so I'm
well aware of the advantages and the disadvantages. I've recently
switched to Gnus for some of my high-volume, low signal/noise lists,
but I still prefer VM for "real" mail.
I use mutt at home, but it's character-based only. The growing
popularity of HTML-only mail is making mutt less and less
tolerable. Sure, it can (and for me does) fork lynx to view HTML
messages, but that's quite clunky and annoying.
For newbies and bosses, Netscape Messenger is my standard
recommendation.
-Dave
