Re: [imurdock@debian.org: emacs 19.29-1 now available]
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Kettlewell <richard@elmail.co.uk> writes:
Richard> The recently released vm package is supposed to be able
Richard> to talk POP, though it currently doesn't work very well
Richard> if it can't reach the POP server. I have a script which
Richard> I used to download pop mail into my home mailbox and use
Richard> that instead - cheaper than leaving the phone connected
Richard> while I'm reading mail. You might be able to adapt that
Richard> to do the right thing for you.
I have used a perl script (off the net) to download mail, but I use
emacs for everything else so thought it would be excellent to have POP
in emacs.
Richard> (vm is a MUA written in emacs lisp, like Rmail.)
Yes, I've had a quick look and have contemplated further investigation
when I make time, especially to get PGP/Mime support sorted out.
Richard> That only helps if you want to use vm. I'm finding
Richard> X+emacs+vm a little painful in 8Mb, tho it's perfectly OK
Richard> without X.
I have 20 MB but only 25 MHZ 486 which is okay, but certainly not up
to my PowerPC at work :-)
Thanks,
Adrian
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