From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17324 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Damien Wyart Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: They were right -- Gnus is better Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:40:06 +0100 Organization: Serveur de News Free Message-ID: <54b79907$0$2007$426a74cc@news.free.fr> References: <8xxoaq0bnrq.fsf@village.keycorner.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421318716 1989 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2015 10:45:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:45:16 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 11:45:13 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhvL-00014Q-3B for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:45:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50027 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhvF-000147-Lk for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:45:05 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed4-a.proxad.net!nnrp4-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 Original-Lines: 60 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jan 2015 11:40:07 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.41.244.197 Original-X-Trace: 1421318407 news-3.free.fr 2007 213.41.244.197:55033 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:88454 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17324 Archived-At: * Hikaru Ichijyo in gnu.emacs.gnus: > I wanted to start using Emacs to handle my mail. I had initially > decided to use VM, because while I like newsreaders, it didn't seem > like a rational idea to use a mailreader that tries hard to think it > can't delete anything. Did you read about advanced expiration features? https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Expiring-Mail.html > Firstly, it seems possible to setup posting aliases via > gnus-posting-styles or under gnus-parameters. They both seem to let > you control where and when the settings get applied. Is there > a difference or a reason to prefer doing it one way or the other? I'm > currently using gnus-posting-styles, and it seems to work fine. I would say posting styles are more "global" and more powerful (signature can be changed for example) than group parameters. I more see group parameters as a way of handling exceptions, doing specific things in some groups which are unusual (for example mailing lists groups needed specific settings for reply-to). You can even override posting styles inside group parameters... To get a better feeling, you could read (again ?) the full details in the manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Posting-Styles.html http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Group-Parameters.html > Another question I had is regarding server connections. Currently, I > have mail and news pathways setup to let me have: > * news via NNTP (primary) > * personal email from a local spool, > with a POP source also bringing mail > into that same spool from another server > * an IMAP server that I read separately online > It's all working fantastic...but here's the question: If I launch Gnus > with gnus-no-server, I can read the local spool and avoid connecting to > NNTP/IMAP/POP, which is great, and I use that often. What if I want to > connect to IMAP only with a gnus-no-server session? Is there a way to > do that? If not, it'd be a nice feature in a future version, > especially since while email is a part of daily life, these days, > Usenet really isn't. It'd be nice to be able to have mail-only > connectability on demand in the menus if that's not possible now, > for those times when you want to see IMAP but would rather leave your > news server out of it. gnus-no-server will start Gnus in level 2, so should contact servers with groups at level 1 and 2. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Group-Levels.html See also these discussions: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gnu.emacs.bug/X89aW39EtuI https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gnu.emacs.gnus/Xk3P85m_WQ4 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/11479 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82463 -- DW