[h-e-w] Re: Favorite Emacs email package

[Uday S Reddy]

On 5/24/2010 11:03 PM, Sarir Khamsi wrote:

> Is anyone using an Emacs email package (on Windows) that they like and
> could recommend? I'm currently using Gnus (with BBDB), have used VM in
> the past, and am curious about other user's experiences, since Gnus
> can be pain to configure some times. Thanks.

I might be biased because I am now a developer of VM.  But, a couple of years 
ago, I felt that I couldn't live with VM's meager IMAP support and considered 
the alternatives, especially Gnus.  I found Gnus quite hard to set up.  So I 
came back to VM and decided to add the stuff that I needed.  I am quite happy 
about the choice,  VM now feels a lot better than it used to.

So, I would encourage you to give VM another try.  There are a couple of us 
actively working on it and a few other people that contribute features once in 
a while.

I am beginning to use Gnus again for reading newsgroups and still find it hard 
to get into.  But maybe that's just me.

Cheers,
Uday