From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7595 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Saklad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: For the complete novice how to get set up for mail in gnus Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:07:43 GMT Message-ID: <5ifyhomg1y.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151577624 3696 80.91.229.2 (29 Jun 2006 10:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 29 12:40:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FvtwU-0004ei-Cw for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:40:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FvtwT-0006F0-UK for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:40:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!feedme.ziplink.net!petpeeve.ziplink.net!not-for-mail Original-Sender: dsaklad@gnu.org Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.232.76.164 Original-X-Trace: petpeeve.ziplink.net 1151575663 199.232.76.164 (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:07:43 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:07:43 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77779 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7595 Archived-At: How might the complete novice figure out how to get set up to initiate mail in gnus knowing very little to nearly nothing or nothing about the usual preliminary steps to step one?... It needs to be a less wordy explanation in a better layout for those of us with symptoms of attention deficit disorder. The stuff at http://www.google.com/search?q=mail+gnus doesn't hit the mark of clearing up the many ambiguities about backends. How do you explain backends in a manner that the complete novice can go about identifying their predicament and figure out their respective next steps without the current struggle of the steep learning curve?... Some day in the future we'll have real computers and won't have to know this stuff.