Re: Emacs for mail: VM - WL - GNUS

[Michal Sojka]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, James Freer wrote:
> I'm just starting to use emacs for editing and thought about using it
> for email as well. I'm a moderator for several groups and have found
> Thunderbird a bit slow. I'm hoping that a text email may be quicker. I
> tried Cone and Mutt a while ago. I need to use imap and was wondering
> if i'd be better off with emacs addons.
> 
> What are folk using WL or VM? I've read the gnus pdf and i think i'd
> be better off with one of those two.
> 
> As for installing:
> WL seems ok to follow
> http://box.matto.nl/emacsgmail.html
> 
> VM i find a little heavy! for my knowledge - is there another site
> which is easier to follow for a newbie
> http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/user-manual/vm_2.html#SEC5
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ViewMailAndImap

You may also try http://notmuchmail.org/. It is a search-based email
client with Emacs UI. It is relatively young, but already very usable.
If you need IMAP, you will probably want to combine it with offlineimap
(https://github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/wiki).

-Michal