Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-22 Thread Alan Shutko
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I gave up on gnus because the info pages didn't give me enough > information on how to (1) get rid of ~/News[1], (2) use gnus > without setting up a newsgroup[2] or (3) interface it with my MH > mail folders. You could ask on gnu.emacs.gnus. All of those can be

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-22 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"csj" == csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: csj> I gave up on gnus because the info pages didn't give me csj> enough information on how to (1) get rid of ~/News[1], (2) csj> use gnus without setting up a newsgroup[2] or (3) interface csj> it with my MH mail folders. I have to ad

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-22 Thread Aaron Hall
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:06:16AM -0800, Debian User wrote: > > Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? > > Not one that does well at both. There's pine, but it doesn't filter > well, or thread at all, and it's nonfree. FWIW, Pine 4.5 (j

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-22 Thread csj
On 21 Nov 2002 20:46:10 -0600 Shyamal Prasad wrote: > >"Debian" == Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Debian> Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? I > Debian> currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... > Debian> briefly looked into vm and r

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Debian" == Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Debian> Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? I Debian> currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... Debian> briefly looked into vm and rmail... not exactly Debian> attractive... Before giving up

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 22 November 2002, 12:31 AM +1100): > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:54:15AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:06:16AM -0800, Debian User wrote: > > > Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? > > You don't see much s

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Alan Shutko
Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly > looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive... Why not just use Gnus for news and email? > want to get away from the huge ness of emacs... Emacs isn't that big anymore... I'm su

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:54:15AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:06:16AM -0800, Debian User wrote: > > Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? > You don't see much software designed to do both, because the design > itself is both bad and borne of laziness.

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:06:16AM -0800, Debian User wrote: > Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? Not one that does well at both. There's pine, but it doesn't filter well, or thread at all, and it's nonfree. There's Mozilla, but it doesn't filter well or read mail from the sp

Re: mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Glyn Millington
Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? > > I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly > looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive... > > want to get away from the huge ness of emacs... Yes it is big - on

mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Debian User
Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive... want to get away from the huge ness of emacs... perhaps will get used to having two terminals open all the time - one fo