From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glyn Millington Subject: Re: [OT] Gnus mail tutorial? Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 08:09:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87ehcvmt6s.fsf@nowhere.org> References: <20130525010056.0bb70583@aga-netbook> Reply-To: glyn.millington@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug8cK-0007zx-7p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug8cE-0004Q6-Qm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:16 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug8cE-0004Q1-Jd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 03:10:10 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug8cC-0001QI-Mj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:08 +0200 Received: from cust25-dsl91-135-3.idnet.net ([91.135.3.25]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:08 +0200 Received: from glyn.millington by cust25-dsl91-135-3.idnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:08 +0200 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 Marcin Borkowski writes: > Hi list, > > sorry for an off-topic question, but I'm sure someone here will be > able to help me with this: I'm thinking about using Emacs as my email > client, and I'm considering using Gnus for that. The Gnus manual is a > bit intimidating; is there any newbie-friendly tutorial which might > help get me started, taking into account that I do /not/ want to use > Gmail, but another (IMAP-aware) mail service? Hi Marcin, For me Gnus is the gold standard among mail/news clients. It can be hard work to set it up but it is worth it. Alas, some good resources have actually vanished from the web over the years. Sacha Chua describes a very basic set up for IMAP here: http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/05/geek-how-to-use-offlineimap-and-the-dovecot-mail-server-to-read-your-gmail-in-emacs-efficiently/ If you are not running /Sendmail/Postfix/Exim etc you may find this page helpful http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SendingMail There are of course several Gnus mailing lists/newsgroups. Good luck! Glyn