* Gnus encouragement of GMail (was: Installation, activation and setup of packages (e.g. Gnus)) [not found] ` <jwv7hrwl55y.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> @ 2010-01-05 22:28 ` Ted Zlatanov 0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread From: Ted Zlatanov @ 2010-01-05 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: Ding Mailing List The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.emacs.devel as well. On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:43:33 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > Ted Z wrote: >> GMail should have a specific setup path since it's so popular. SM> I definitely do not want Emacs to encourage the use of GMail over SM> any other service. Well, users are constantly pointed to the relevant EmacsWiki page for GMail support in Gnus. The settings required are not intuitive. So we either accept the support burden and frustrated users, or we give them the sensible settings as I suggested, or we point them to the EmacsWiki. I don't think the second and third options encourage GMail use in particular. They are just tweaks for those who use GMail IMAP. GMail is the only major IMAP provider to require well-known tweaks; when others arise we'll handle them. Similarly, there's code in Gnus to address Exchange IMAP issues; does that encourage Exchange use? I don't think so. IMHO it actually broadens the appeal of free software to support Exchange IMAP better. I guess a fourth option is to write gnus-gmail.el, host it externally, and make it clear that it's not endorsed by the FSF. But that's no better--how will the users know they need gnus-gmail.el? I'd rather include the support and make it clear it's not an endorsement. Ted ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
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