Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-26 Thread Steinar Bang
Richard Lawrence richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu: I used Gnus with an IMAP account for a while, but found that (in addition to being intimidating and complicated) it was annoyingly slow. FWIW nnimap was rewritten a couple of years back, and on an IMAP server that supports QRESYNC (eg. dovecot),

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Jacek Generowicz
Marcin Borkowski writes: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. If it is Emacs rather than Gnus itself that attracts you, then you might consider notmuch or mu4e. Both have a Xapian-based core, and include an Emacs interface.

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Eric Schulte
John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com writes: On May 24, 2013 6:01 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote: Hi list, sorry for an off-topic question, but I'm sure someone here will be able to help me with this: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Glyn Millington
Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: Hi list, sorry for an off-topic question, but I'm sure someone here will be able to help me with this: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. The Gnus manual is a bit intimidating; is there

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Alan Schmitt
Glyn Millington writes: For me Gnus is the gold standard among mail/news clients. It can be hard work to set it up but it is worth it. Alas, some good resources have actually vanished from the web over the years. Can Gnus be directly used with local mail in maildir format? If so, one could

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread RĂ©mi Vanicat
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Glyn Millington writes: For me Gnus is the gold standard among mail/news clients. It can be hard work to set it up but it is worth it. Alas, some good resources have actually vanished from the web over the years. Can Gnus be directly

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Richard Lawrence
Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch writes: Marcin Borkowski writes: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. If it is Emacs rather than Gnus itself that attracts you, then you might consider notmuch or mu4e. Both have a Xapian-based

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-25 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 03:29:03PM -0700, Richard Lawrence wrote: So, long story short, I have now switched to using offlineimap to sync over IMAP with a Maildir. This keeps my mail locally available but also in sync across multiple machines. I read this Maildir in mutt, not Gnus, because

[O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-24 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hi list, sorry for an off-topic question, but I'm sure someone here will be able to help me with this: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. The Gnus manual is a bit intimidating; is there any newbie-friendly tutorial which might help get me

Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

2013-05-24 Thread John Hendy
On May 24, 2013 6:01 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote: Hi list, sorry for an off-topic question, but I'm sure someone here will be able to help me with this: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. The Gnus manual is a bit