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[h-e-w] Gnus, anyone?
From: |
Paul Kinnucan |
Subject: |
[h-e-w] Gnus, anyone? |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:36:47 -0500 |
Peter Davis writes:
>
> I've been messing with gnus on and off for over a year, with emacs 19, 20,
> and now 21. I *still* can't get it to handle mail the way I'd like. In
> particular:
>
> 1) I can't get messages to print to a network printer.
>
> 2) I can't get it to leave mail on a POP3 server so I can read it from
> multiple locations. (I've read that epop3mail is able to do this, but I
> have not gotten it to work.)
>
> 3) I can't get it to do the "right thing" with HTML mail, which would be to
> allow me to either display it as plain text, or to open a browser (*not*
> W3) to display it.
>
> Anyone had success with any of these? I'm using gnus 5.8.8.
>
> Alternatively, can anyone suggest a good mail reader (MUA) for
> Windows? I'd love to use MH, but I don't know of any Windows port of that.
>
I'm a bit further down this path than you. I tried the gnus for news
and email route and hated it almost instantly. I now use the right
tool for the right job, namely gnus for news and vm for email. I
cannot recommend vm highly enough. It is a full-fledged email client,
with folders, attachments, and pop3 leave-on/delete-from server
capabilities. I use both these tools on Windows with Emacs. There are
a few tricks to using vm on Windows, including compiling the base64
encoder/decoder program that comes with the vm distribution. I'd be
glad to share the compiled encoder/decoder, which speeds up processing of
attachments significantly, and my .vm file, which embodies the things
I've learned, with anyone who's interested in getting vm running on
Windows. I also recommend subscribing to the vm newsgroup,
comp.emacs.vm.info, and using the Emacs-based contact management
program, bbdb, with vm, which allows you to add contacts directly
from your email, with a single keystroke.
- Paul