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Chris Willard

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Feb 5, 2009, 7:58:21 AM2/5/09
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Hello All,

As I spend lots of time in emacs I would like to try using gnus for
email instead of mutt.

Does anyone have, or know of, a tutorial to get me started? I have
looked at various web site but they don't really help.

Regards,


Chris.

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Martin Fischer

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:51:30 AM2/6/09
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Chris Willard writes:

> Hello All,
>
> As I spend lots of time in emacs I would like to try using gnus for
> email instead of mutt.
>
> Does anyone have, or know of, a tutorial to get me started? I have
> looked at various web site but they don't really help.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Chris.

Hi,

since you "spend lots of time in emacs", have you already used the info
system ?

C-h i

m gnus RET

m mail TAB TAB

Possible completions are:
Mail Mail Back End Variables
Mail Folders Mail Group Commands
Mail Source Customization Mail Source Specifiers
Mail Sources Mail Spool
Mail and Post Mail in a Newsreader
Mail-To-News Gateways Mail-like Back Ends
Maildir Mailing List

Martin

tyler

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Feb 6, 2009, 10:33:21 AM2/6/09
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Martin Fischer <paro...@web.de> writes:

> Chris Willard writes:
>
>> As I spend lots of time in emacs I would like to try using gnus for
>> email instead of mutt.
>>
>> Does anyone have, or know of, a tutorial to get me started? I have
>> looked at various web site but they don't really help.
>>
>

> since you "spend lots of time in emacs", have you already used the info
> system ?

I have done this, and since the OP was looking for a tutorial to get him
started, the most pertinent entry in the gnus manual is probably
appendix 10.3:

* On Writing Manuals:: Why this is not a beginner's guide.

The Gnus info manual is, by design, not a good introduction to Gnus.
There is a tutorial available at

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusTutorial


Cheers,

Tyler

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Ted Zlatanov

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:51:08 PM2/6/09
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:58:21 +0000 Chris Willard <ch...@thewillards.co.uk> wrote:

CW> As I spend lots of time in emacs I would like to try using gnus for
CW> email instead of mutt.

CW> Does anyone have, or know of, a tutorial to get me started? I have
CW> looked at various web site but they don't really help.

The Emacs Wiki has good info. I got started with the Gnus manual,
personally. It's more work but you will learn about all the
functionality as you read through it.

BTW, Gnus and GNUS are different. You probably mean Gnus. GNUS is a
special version you're unlikely to encounter, and is not the one in the
Emacs releases.

Ted

Chris Willard

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Feb 6, 2009, 3:11:06 PM2/6/09
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009, Chris Willard wrote:

> Hello All,
>
[snip (20 lines)]

Thanks for the tips - I will have a look.


Chris.

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