From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Davis Subject: Re: [OFF TOPIC] almost giving up on emacs email..looking for advice? Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:23:58 -0400 Message-ID: <6sw6c7vbcmypwh.fsf@dhcp-6-148.hmco.com> References: <87egjgyo09.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZP8bT-0007Wb-7p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:24:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZP8bO-0002R5-6J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:24:27 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:52761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZP8bO-0002PE-0L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:24:22 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3324E21719 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:24:21 -0400 (EDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: org mode Fabrice Popineau writes: > On this thread, I will report quite a different user experience. > I have been a long time user of emacs and Gnus (Emacs since 1987). > I have been using (ding) Gnus under Windows NT in the late 90's and up > to about 2010. > > But now, I process my mail using the GMail browser interface. > The reasons are mostly due to : > - emacs is slow, chrome displays email more precisely and more quickly > - emacs is not multi-threaded, hence it may get stuck processing > stuff. > Using the browser to process mail allows me not to be disturbed when > I'm writing documents or programming using Emacs. > > I'll keep and eye on the solutions that have been reported here > though. Interesting. I use a variety of email clients, mainly browser-based ones (GMail, Fastmail), Thunderbird, and gnus. I keep gnus in the arsenal for three main reasons: 1) I can do everything quickly without having to move my hands from the keyboard. If there isn't already a shortcut for what I want, I can add one. 2) I need a decent editor for replies. I have not found a browser-based client that has this. 3) To bring this somewhat back on topic, I've recently discovered org capture, and I love the fact that I can capture a note with a link to a specific email message. That last feature alone is reason enough for me. FWIW, I'm on a Mac, and I generally use Gnu emacs for editing, programming, etc., and use Aquamacs for running gnus. This avoids any latency problems, etc. -pd