Re: [VM] Setting up VM for the first time - imap to read on the server

[James Freer]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Uday Reddy <address@hidden> wrote:
> James Freer writes:
>
>> Many thanks i really appreciate your reply. I should have put the OS
>> etc. I'm currently just about to upgrade and just wanted to have a
>> look at VM before i do a new release install on my new PC. I do wonder
>> if the emacs email clients are rather too complicated for me. i chose
>> VM as i thought it was easier to set up than Gnus, WL, MH-E.
>>
>> OS xubuntu 10.04, emacs 23.1, VM 8.0.13-1, stunnel4 3:4.29-1
>>
>> I'm looking through those links you gave me.
>
> Unfortunately, any Emacs mail client you use, you are going to be dealing
> with 3 layers of software: the mail client, Emacs and OS utilities.  All of
> them would also require you to have some profiency in using Emacs.
>
> At the moment, however, you have trouble getting stunnel to work.  There
> have been problems with some versions of stunnel, which have been reported
> on the web.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm/+bug/321438
>
> http://www.stunnel.org/pipermail/stunnel-users/2011-November/003379.html
>
> I don't know the exact status of the current situation.  But it should be
> the job of your Linux distribution to sort out those problems.
>
> Cheers,
> Uday

Once again thanks for your help. the best way forward is for me to
start using the emacs 24 and get my new PC up and running. It seems to
have set up the mailboxes which is  not quite what i was expecting.

I think i'm right in saying that with emacs 24 VM is already setup. So
far i've found emacs a nice app but considerable research is required.
The 3 parts of an email client i found quite easy to set up for mutt
to see if i liked it.

james