From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43317 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Any Exmh/nmh buffs in the house? Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:26:42 -0800 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035178430 16953 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:33:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:33:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 1025 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2002 08:32:51 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 27 Feb 2002 08:32:51 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16fzVL-0005z6-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:32:03 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:32:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA24057 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:31:54 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 1000 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2002 08:31:48 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 995 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2002 08:31:47 -0000 Original-Received: from smtp.newsguy.com (HELO newsguy.com) (209.155.56.71) by gnus.org with SMTP; 27 Feb 2002 08:31:47 -0000 Original-Received: from reader.local.lan (adsl-66.51.210.228.dslextreme.com [66.51.210.228]) by newsguy.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA11552 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:31:15 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.local.lan (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1R8V5p01020; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:31:05 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.local.lan: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.1.80 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 22 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43317 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43317 I'll probably get a good flaming for this, but I wondered if there are any experienced Exmh/Nmh users here who could answer this question. I'm looking for some kind of interface that will be a little more fleetfooted in massive mail/news groups. In my experience and without major tweaking or the like, I've found gnus to be poorly suited for very large groups. Even just a few thousand messages (under 4,000) seems to be really very slow going with gnus, and I'm talking more like 8-12 thousand. I don't really use these large groups like regular newsgroups and mostly access them with search tools of one kind or another. But I'd also like some kind of mail/news like interface at times, and it is just too nerve wracking trying to do that with gnus. Anyway, cutting to the chase, I wondered if nmh or exhm combo would offer somekind of interface that was a little speedier. Can either or both be used to access `foreign' groups? Like my nnml like groups? I don't really want to set these tools up like real mcCoy mail readers, I just want to use what ever they have to offer in the way of accessing these massive groups.