Re: Emacsen MUA
Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net> writes:
> MH-E already handles attachments using gnus code, so I'll just find out
> how it does what it does when no attachments are present.
I believe Gnus (or rather Message) always calls mml-generate-mime,
which scans for non-ASCII characters, MML-denoted attachments, etc.,
immediately before sending.
> Thanks. I don't expect that MH-E will get users _from_ gnus, but we
> might get users that find gnus a bit too complicated. MH-E aims to be
Yeah, MH-E is definitely a lot simpler, and was much faster to learn.
> easy to setup and use. But back in the day I started using email, stuff
> like Evolution didn't exist! So there's a crowd we'll never get.
> Personally, I don't think programs like Outlook or Evolution scale to
> 500 messages a day.
Another advantage of Emacs-based MUAs even for folks who don't hack
elisp is their inherent versatility; they typically do not require
window systems but can still put them to good advantage.
Of course, we're probably preaching to the choir here.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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