Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)
JS> I would like to know what is it that you like so much about
JS> Emacs+Gnus? I am not trying to be sarcastic or something like that.
JS> I have tried to configure gnus a few times for using with email and
JS> found it a frustration to get working. In which ways would gnus be
JS> better than mutt and pine for example? Maybe I never saw it working
JS> properly.
JS> I like emacs and use it regularly, but could never understand why the
JS> gnus users are so enthusiastic about using gnus for mail.
I'm happy Emacs+Gnus user. I've used pine before. One reason why I've
changed my mail reader was:
1) I want one client for both mail and news.
2) I use Emacs for almost everything. Gnus is convenient for me
because I got used to Emacs keybindings. Gnus is convenient for me
because it is integrated in Emacs.
Many people seems to dislike Gnus a lot because it forces them to read
their mails in quite specific way. This is because in first place Gnus
is newsreader. First time after my transition I also found it quite
confusing but now I got used to it.
Some other pros I've found later against pine:
1) Gnus have support for threading (I know recent version of pine also
have support for this but last version I've used did not have it)
2) With help of supercite it can make very complex quoting
3) With help of mailcrypt it has *integrated* support for PGP
4) I like adaptive scoring which I use to filter Debian and FreeBSD
maillists.
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