From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7593 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Saklad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: For complete novices how to set up mail in gnus. Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:29:32 GMT Message-ID: <5ihd24nz62.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 1151570495 13054 80.91.229.2 (29 Jun 2006 08:41:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:41:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 29 10:41:34 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 1Fvs5G-0004VF-68 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:41:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fvs5F-0007TP-Lm for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:41:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!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: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.232.76.164 Original-X-Trace: petpeeve.ziplink.net 1151569772 199.232.76.164 (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:29:32 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:29:32 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77778 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:7593 Archived-At: In gnus how do you explain to complete novices how to set up mail ?... there are so many variables to consider at the outset that require understanding before getting from step one to step two! It appears that all the available explanations of how to set up mail in gnus use jargon and require a level of understanding about variables that the complete novice would not know already. There has got to be a way to explain things better!