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From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
Subject: Re: some mail annoyances
Date: 25 Jun 1999 15:21:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rjn1xoju0w.fsf@feller.dina.kvl.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Per Bothner's message of "24 Jun 1999 14:19:19 -0700"

Two points:

- There are many mail readers imlementing the traditional mail reading
model for reading mail.  Some of them, like VM, are very good.  Gnus
is to my knowledge the only mail reader which directly supports the
news reading model for reading mail.  I think it would be wrong to
change the unique Gnus to be just another good mail reader.

- For real beginners in mail reading (if there are any of them left)
there are no reason why they shouldn't learn the news reading model
for reading mail first.  I don't think the traditional mail reading
model is inherently any more intuitive than the news reading model, it
is just more familiar to people who have used other mail readers.

A "Beginners Guide for Reading Mail with Gnus" might be a good
addition to the manual.  The guide shouldn't describe all the options,
but only how to read mail the Gnus way.


  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-06-25 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-06-22  0:36 Per Bothner
1999-06-22  2:04 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-22  8:20 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-22  8:23 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-22 12:00   ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-22 22:34     ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-23  7:39     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23 14:25   ` Wes Hardaker
1999-06-22 12:53 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-22 17:48   ` some mail annoyances [renumbering] Per Bothner
1999-06-22 18:20     ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-23  7:00       ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-06-23  7:44         ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23  7:50           ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-23  8:18           ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-06-22 18:58     ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-22 19:29       ` Sam Falkner
1999-06-22 19:33         ` Finding a given in an nnml group (was: Re: some mail annoyances [renumbering]) Laura Conrad
1999-06-22 19:48           ` Jack Twilley
1999-06-22 19:48           ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-23  6:54           ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23 15:36             ` Laura Conrad
1999-06-23 17:46               ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-24  9:10               ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24 20:39           ` Justin Sheehy
1999-06-22 21:13         ` some mail annoyances [renumbering] Tony Lam
1999-06-23  7:05         ` Steinar Bang
1999-06-23 19:33         ` David Hedbor
1999-06-25 23:25           ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-26  0:27             ` David Hedbor
1999-06-28 15:45               ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-23  6:45     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23 18:34       ` Being forced to deal with message numbers and frustrated Tony Lam
1999-06-23 19:56         ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-23 22:13           ` Tony Lam
1999-06-24  0:20             ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-24  6:44               ` Tony Lam
1999-06-24  9:19                 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24  9:21                 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24 14:58               ` Peter von der Ahé - at home
1999-06-24 15:37                 ` Norbert Koch
1999-06-24 17:58                   ` Tony Lam
1999-06-25 19:47                   ` David Hedbor
1999-06-25 20:56                     ` Matt Pharr
1999-06-28  1:53                       ` Tony Lam
1999-06-24 15:48                 ` Lee Willis
1999-06-24 18:01                   ` Tony Lam
1999-06-24  8:42             ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-24 17:05               ` Sam Falkner
1999-06-24 23:06                 ` Sam Falkner
1999-06-24  9:17             ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24  9:14         ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24 19:00           ` Tony Lam
1999-06-24 20:41             ` David S. Goldberg
1999-06-24 21:07             ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-24 21:38               ` Tony Lam
1999-06-25  6:14                 ` Soeren Laursen
1999-07-04  1:30         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-06-22 18:33   ` some mail annoyances [deleting mail] Per Bothner
1999-06-22 18:33     ` Jack Twilley
1999-06-22 18:54       ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-22 19:15     ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-23  7:10       ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-06-23  7:32         ` Yair Friedman
1999-06-23  7:46         ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23 12:13         ` Randal L. Schwartz
1999-06-22 19:18     ` Nathan Williams
1999-06-23  7:51       ` Per Bothner
1999-06-23  6:58     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23  7:23     ` Yair Friedman
1999-07-04  1:37     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-06-22 19:37   ` some mail annoyances David S. Goldberg
1999-06-23  0:48   ` Dmitry Yaitskov
1999-06-23  7:42     ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-23  7:49       ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23 14:20       ` Dmitry Yaitskov
1999-06-23 19:15         ` some mail annoyances [article number overflow] Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-23 21:02           ` Colin Rafferty
1999-06-23 21:09             ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-22 12:58 ` some mail annoyances David S. Goldberg
1999-06-22 14:33 ` Steinar Bang
1999-06-22 16:43   ` Vin Shelton
1999-06-23  6:42     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-23  6:47     ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-06-23 14:24 ` Wes Hardaker
1999-06-24 21:19 ` Per Bothner
1999-06-25  3:18   ` Christian Nybø
1999-06-25 20:34     ` Ken McGlothlen
1999-06-25 23:51       ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-26  0:07         ` Ken McGlothlen
1999-06-26  0:19           ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-26  2:05             ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-26  2:28               ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-26  2:46                 ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-27 13:32                   ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-27 21:15                     ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-28 23:43                       ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-27 22:30                     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-28  2:49                       ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-28  8:09                         ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-28 15:24                           ` Harry Putnam
1999-06-28 15:50                             ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-26  9:32                 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-06-27 13:34                   ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-06-28 13:58             ` Kim-Minh Kaplan
1999-06-26 13:16           ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-06-28 15:37             ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-28 20:43               ` Wes Hardaker
1999-06-28 20:57                 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-25  5:10   ` Russ Allbery
1999-06-25 13:21   ` Per Abrahamsen [this message]
1999-06-25 13:25     ` Didier Verna
1999-06-25 13:39       ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-25 13:43       ` Karl Kleinpaste
1999-06-25 13:52         ` customizing (was Re: some mail annoyances) Paul Stevenson
1999-07-04  2:19 ` some mail annoyances Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04  2:44   ` Harry Putnam
1999-07-04  3:19     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04  6:15       ` Harry Putnam
1999-07-04  6:37         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04  6:51           ` Harry Putnam
1999-07-04 13:15           ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-07-04 17:00     ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-07-04 19:01       ` Harry Putnam
1999-07-04 19:31         ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-07-04  6:37   ` Hans de Graaff
1999-07-05  3:11     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04 16:58   ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-07-05  3:13     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-05  9:28       ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-07-06  3:58         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-05  7:45     ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-07-06  4:02       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-06  6:47         ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-07-06 15:54           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-05 16:22     ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-07-05 18:32       ` François Pinard
1999-07-07 11:30         ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-07-07 14:20           ` François Pinard
1999-07-07 14:22             ` Lee Willis
1999-07-12 11:40             ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-07-06  3:59       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-13  5:22     ` Rob Browning
1999-07-13 11:29       ` Kai Großjohann
1999-07-04 18:18   ` lconrad
1999-07-05  3:17     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-07  0:34   ` Peter von der Ahé
1999-07-07  2:46     ` lconrad
1999-07-09 16:59     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-09 18:39       ` Peter von der Ahé
1999-07-09 19:15         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-28  7:36   ` Rob Browning

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