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From: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com
To: Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: gmail setup
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:19:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfn7gnvq.fsf@dick> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pncjur27.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> (Alberto Luaces's message of "Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:46:40 +0200")

AL> Correction: more than 200 *unread* messages.

The "How many articles" question is asked when accessing an inbox
that has N unreads where N is either zero or a number greater than
gnus-large-newsgroup.  People more than occasionally access their inbox
when N is zero.

AL> I have managed in the past to use gnus without writing any configuration
AL> myself — just creating an nnimap server with "e" from the server window
AL> and filling the parameters needed

With respect, this is "over the heads" of most users.  The "*Server*"
buffer somewhat "trickily" accessed via "^" is already a headscratcher (it was
for me!) for people accustomed to mainstream mail clients.

I admit that complaining does not advance Gnus's cause.  In my defense, I've
published a talk-is-cheap-show-me-the-code primer to Gnus IMAP (https://github.com/dickmao/gnus-imap-walkthrough), but removing
"A Practical Guide to Gnus" from its lofty throne atop Google's results is all
but impossible at this point.


  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-07 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-04 14:33 how to forward a message that contains attachment Uwe Brauer
2020-04-04 14:54 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-04-04 18:57   ` Uwe Brauer
2020-04-05  2:00     ` Bob Newell
2020-04-05  6:07       ` Uwe Brauer
2020-04-05 19:31         ` Bob Newell
2020-04-05 13:18     ` Eric S Fraga
2020-04-05 17:11       ` Uwe Brauer
2020-04-05 17:37         ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-04-05 21:25           ` dick.r.chiang
2020-04-06 10:19             ` gmail setup (was: how to forward a message that contains attachment) Alberto Luaces
2020-04-07 16:42               ` gmail setup dick.r.chiang
2020-04-07 17:46                 ` Alberto Luaces
2020-04-07 18:19                   ` dick.r.chiang [this message]
2020-04-07 18:35                     ` Alberto Luaces
2020-04-08  1:53                       ` Bob Newell
2020-04-10 16:56                         ` Alberto Luaces
2020-04-06 10:19           ` how to forward a message that contains attachment Uwe Brauer
2020-04-06 10:26           ` Uwe Brauer
2020-04-07 17:03             ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-04-06 11:36           ` Uwe Brauer

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