Re: Automated gnus email setup for people already using gnus.

Re: Automated gnus email setup for people already using gnus.

[Don Saklad]

> Once you've got gnus, would there be a way of setting up gnus email with
> something that automatically analyzes your set up on your system, goes
> ahead and makes the dot file and you're ready with no other effort
> usually?...
>
> Could this be developed for neophyte types?...
>
> It picks one configuration for you to begin using gnus email.
>
> It also offers for those who're not neophytes, those more in the know,
> options to further optimize the beginner configuration.
>
> So, in gnus you run a command and it sets up or runs a check on a set
> up for gnus email. Afterward, you're ready to go with no necessary
> tweaking usually.

Yes, this could be done.  The difficulties with setting up Gnus are due to
programmers' failure to grasp that a broken user interface is just an
example of broken ordinary code.  No competent programmer would code C or
Basic or Lisp subroutines with such crazy lambda lists as the Gnus set-up
procedure has.

oo--ONR

Re: Automated gnus email setup for people already using gnus.

[Jonathon Isaac Swiderski]

Don Saklad <dsaklad@nestle.ai.mit.edu> writes:

> > Once you've got gnus, would there be a way of setting up gnus email with
> >
> Yes, this could be done.  The difficulties with setting up Gnus are due to

Great idea, Don!!  If no-one else will respond to your messages, write their
responses for them!!



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