Re: [Sheflug] EMacs for mail - nearly there!!!

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Hi all

One thing I wasn't able to figure out when I was considering using emacs
for email - does anybody know if it is possible (and how) to save outgoing
messages? And can one work with multiple mail-folders in emacs? I am
currently using pine (as is easy to see from this email) and quite happy
with it - multiple POP/IMAP-accounts, news, convenient folder-structure,
multiple from-headers, and lots and lots of customisation - why on the
Earth would anyone want to use anything else?:-)

Cheers
Guennadi

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Barrie Bremner wrote:

> 
> 
> Well, 
> 
>  after quite a bit of time, I figured I should at least put some
> effort into figuring out this whole mail client/XEmacs/Emacs malarky.
> 
> So here you go...Baz's first (well, second...I sent a test message to
> myself first).
> 
> Turns out that XEmacs (VM) rewrites the From header to make sense. It
> knows I am TheEnglishman@ecosse.net and not baz [at] flux.localdomain,
> although this is noted in the headers on outbound emails - is this
> going to cause problems with some mailservers?
> 
> One thing I need - please, please - someone (Stephen?) tell me how the
> "£)*&£% I set the background colours in this damned program!!! :-)
> 
>  I hate this default gray, and I can't for the life of me find the
> option in the customize menus.
> 
>  The other thing is the .signature - or the lack of it. Can't find the
> option for that either.
> 
> Is there a webpage and/or a man page that tells me roughly where to
> find these things?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Baz.
> 
> 
>  > "Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > >>>>> "Barrie" == Barrie Bremner <TheEnglishman [at] ecosse.net> writes:
>  > > 
>  > >     Barrie>  I've been looking at my mail client recently and the idea
>  > >     Barrie> of using XEmacs for email sounds interesting.
>  > > 
>  > >     Barrie>  How do I achieve it? Is there anyway of building support
>  > >     Barrie> for GPG into the mail facilites?
>  > > 
>  > > Mail is easy.  Just select Read Mail (VM) from the Apps menu (21.1) or
>  > > Tools | Internet (21.2).  I don't use the toolbar much, so I can't
>  > > tell you offhand how to connect mail to the toolbar; the docstring
>  > > fell on its arse (do C-h k <click on mail icon>, and tell me if you
>  > > think what you get is "help"ful ;-), so I'd have to go digging.
>  > 
>  >  I think that I'm in over my head here. The documentation is "runs mail
>  > reader" or words to that effect...
>  > 
>  > I actually don't use XEmacs, but rather Emacs (under X), if that makes
>  > any difference.
>  > Emacs doesn't seem to have VM, only RMail v5.
>  > XEmacs is actually complaining about the contents of my .emacs file, by
>  > the looks of things.
>  > 
>  > When it comes to customising XEmacs, I'm lost. I can select the
>  > customize->applications->mail bit OK, but then my brain starts to hurt.
>  > 
>  > I'm rapidly tiring of Netscape however :-(
>  > 
>  > Has anyone noticed my unhealthy interest in Emacs?
>  > 
>  > Baz.
>   
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