Re: Which mail user agent do you use?
Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net> writes:
> On Wednesday 21 November 2001 05:48 am, Jussi Ekholm wrote:
> > Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za> wrote:
> >
> > > So I am back to mutt and slrn again - and enjoying it. And I will not
> > > easily try out gnus again.
>
> > When it comes to MUAs, I've been *thinking* of trying Gnus, but
> > for to date, haven't done it.
>
> I used gnus in Xemacs for years and loved it. It is an acquired taste.
> If you like the [x]emacs way of doing things, you will feel right at home
> in gnus. If you don't like [x]emacs, you probably won't care for gnus
> either.
Gnus has some distinct advantages over mutt. In particular, it has
superior imap support, especially offline support, which was the
primary reason I switched from mutt. Also, its newsreader focus makes
it great for reading mailing lists.
Also, it's more configurable than mutt, especially display-wise, if
you don't mind elisp...
Mutt is simple, light, fast, and just works for most people. But,
gnus does more tricks, if you're willing to train it. Anyone smell
breakfast cooking?
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
BigNachos@jabber.org
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