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I've been using Emacs for more than a quarter century. My email client is VM, written in Emacs Lisp. I've used it to read mail for almost as long as I've used
by ylee 5y ago
I've been using Emacs for more than a quarter century.
My email client is VM, written in Emacs Lisp. I've used it to read mail for almost as long as I've used Emacs. Although I run Emacs in text-only mode, VM (and ancillary tools, like Personality Crisis and mairix)
* does a great of job displaying HTML messages. For the very few that it doesn't, one keystroke sends the message to my web browser.
* sends URLs I select (all from the keyboard) to the web browser
* opens images and attachments
* auto-adjusts the From: line of outgoing messages depending on the recipient
* archives messages to various folders using various criteria
* search my archived mail going back a quarter century at lightning speed
Of course, I can write Emacs Lisp code of my own to extend any or all of the above.
- aardvark179 5y agoI have also been using emacs for over 25 years. That is a sobering thought. Admittedly the way I use it has changed, because things like LSP are a game changer for me, but it’s still been over 25 years.
- kreetx 5y agoWhat packages do you use for email?
- ylee 5y ago>What packages do you use for email? As I said, VM (<https://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ https://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/>); 8.2.0b is recommended. Personality Crisis comes with it. Mairix (<https://github.com/vandry/mairix https://github.com/vandry/mairix>) is separate and does not require VM.
- ylee 5y agoMost people who use a separate Emacs-based email client seem to use mu4e, Wanderlust, notmuch, or even gnus. It's entirely possible any or all are superior to VM; I use the latter because I'm comfortable with it and it does everything I need.