From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4139 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Saklad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery. Date: 29 Sep 2004 08:35:18 -0400 Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670122 22013 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:15:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:33:17 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-X-Trace: grapevine.lcs.mit.edu 1096461318 22950 128.30.16.13 (29 Sep 2004 12:35:18 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@lcs.mit.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:35:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4280 Original-Lines: 9 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4280 Tue Jan 17 17:33:17 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4139 Archived-At: A relative novice using emacs rmail does not have enough mastery to set up the dotfile for gnus email nor to do whatever other accompanying tasks to get gnus email up and running. What hints, tips and pointers are there for such users interested in trying gnus email that do not require more than a few moments of study through a steep that learning curve so perceived ?... The existing instructive informational links and newsgroups do assume a relatively advanced or intermediate level of user.