From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83498 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric S Fraga Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: experience setting up gnus for the first time Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:57:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87hag5gvzo.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> References: <87r4fdtimu.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <8738rtf92q.fsf@wistly.net> <8761wpt29e.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87k3l4fju9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373281138 13257 80.91.229.3 (8 Jul 2013 10:58:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:58:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31758@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Jul 08 12:58:57 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uw99k-0007XE-Pu for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:58:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Uw99T-0001f4-LC; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:58:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Uw99S-0001ep-Dh for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:58:38 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Uw99R-0000SD-4V for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:58:38 -0500 Original-Received: from ch1ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.181.184] helo=ch1outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Uw99P-0002Dd-LU for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:58:35 +0200 Original-Received: from mail116-ch1-R.bigfish.com (10.43.68.241) by CH1EHSOBE001.bigfish.com (10.43.70.51) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.22; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:58:28 +0000 Original-Received: from mail116-ch1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail116-ch1-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C164203A1 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:58:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:157.56.254.245;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:DB3PRD0111HT001.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: 0 X-BigFish: PS0(zzbb2dIzz1f42h1ee6h1de0h1d18h1fdah2073h1202h1e76h1d1ah1d2ah1fc6hzz8275chz2dh2a8h668h839h8e2h8e3hd24hf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh12e5h137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h16a6h1758h18e1h1946h19b5h19ceh1ad9h1b0ah1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1de2h1dfeh1dffh1e1dhbe9i1155h) Original-Received: from mail116-ch1 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail116-ch1 (MessageSwitch) id 137328105635672_5570; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from CH1EHSMHS039.bigfish.com (snatpool1.int.messaging.microsoft.com [10.43.68.246]) by mail116-ch1.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 703FE2A004B for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from DB3PRD0111HT001.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com (157.56.254.245) by CH1EHSMHS039.bigfish.com (10.43.69.248) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.225.23; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:57:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (128.40.74.171) by pod51002.outlook.com (10.255.186.34) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.329.3; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:57:17 +0000 Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <87k3l4fju9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:28:14 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Originating-IP: [128.40.74.171] X-UCLLIVE-SCLRULE: HASRUN X-OriginatorOrg: ucl.ac.uk X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83498 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: [...] > It was only after using gnus that I first realized that the processes of > sending and receiving mail were completely separate, that was definitely > a surprise. Yes, they are completely separate. Some MUAs make this quite clear (Thunderbird comes to mind) whereas many others do not. > Right now I use msmtp in linux to handle mail sending, which As do I generally. > I don't think there's any way around that! > Automation is the most you can hope for. Yes, Emacs tries hard but cannot guess all edge cases. -- : Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xFFFCF67D : in Emacs 24.3.50.1 + Ma Gnus v0.8 + evil 1.0.5 : BBDB version 3.02 ($Date: 2013/05/15 13:17:58 $)