From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/57800 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus vs Wanderlust Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:13:59 +0900 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <87r7syvmt4.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <87zn7mvrcl.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086135291 31473 80.91.224.253 (2 Jun 2004 00:14:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:14:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M6341@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jun 02 02:14:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVJP2-0005An-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:14:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BVJOY-0004tW-00; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BVJOR-0004tQ-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:14:07 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BVJOP-0000U7-AG for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:14:05 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184383A0036 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:14:04 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVJOM-0007HW-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:14:03 +0200 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.239]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:14:02 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:14:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:3wr0bcUvyPk6X5QHgDvAaV0WPCw= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57800 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57800 Katsumi Yamaoka writes: > That's right. Using softwares other than Gnus is a burden to me. > However, their work of art sometimes gives me a strong inspiration. > Conversely, they also study Gnus eagerly and have taken the good > features to Wanderlust. I'm maintaining VM and Wanderlust so that > they can always be used in my system. :) I agree, that there's definitely a place for other mail (and news!) software in emacs, as people's tastes vary, and some just don't like Gnus at all. :-O Especially, some people like something very simple like rmail, and it might be hard to make Gnus be like that (I'm not sure... :-). I just think the `mail and news are _different_' argument is way overused.... -Miles -- Fast, small, soon; pick any 2.