From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Pinard?= Subject: Re: gnus: link annoyance Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:34:57 -0500 Message-ID: <87a9f7eu7i.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> References: <87zjn9w79w.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <874n5hca77.fsf@pank.eu> <87ha9g2w1p.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <877gac3pze.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56715) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0XkG-0003si-2z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:35:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0XkA-0004ac-VI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:35:04 -0500 Received: from 206-248-137-202.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.137.202]:59578 helo=mercure.progiciels-bpi.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0XkA-0004aV-Py for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:34:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <877gac3pze.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:01:41 +0100") 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rasmus writes: > Say you have a mail X that's semi-interesting. Do you then, read it, > mark it as unread, close the buffer, go back later, read it again and > unread it? I once used Gnus as a reader who tremendously helped me at handling the high email volume of email I got when I maintained many GNU packages (the Translation Project and also "tar" were pretty generative!) and following lots of newsgroups. Now that I got out of maintenance, Gnus as a mail reader is a bit of overkill, but I still use it to peruse archives I collected on many subjects, in about a thousand of nnfolders. Searching them all is often convenient. Normally, I only delete articles from one of these archives when I decide to ponder it whole and clean it up, and then read articles one after another the normal Gnus way. Otherwise, I prefer them untouched even if casually consulted, postponing the cleanup until I get motivation and a good chunk of time. For the detail, when not in clean mode, I often unread an article just after having read it, or when I know I am perusing a lot, just let them read but quit by "Q" instead of "q", which reverts all the marks. >From an hits buffer generated by org-grep, I can get many hits of many kinds (Org, non-Org, mailboxes or mailgroups), and while checking many of these links in speedy mode, it slows me down considerably if I have to stay alert and careful at unreading Gnus articles among the rest, and fairly dangerous if I get tired and stop being careful. Fran=C3=A7ois