dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:30:12PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > > | Gnus has some distinct advantages over mutt. In particular, it has > | superior imap support, especially offline support, which was the > | primary reason I switched from mutt. > > Mutt has geat off-line support : mbox, maildir, mh, <something else I > forget>. Mutt kinda has imap support, but it views imap as just > another folder format, nothing special. I use fetcmail to transfer > the mail to local storage, and off-line is all I see :-).
Right, but it does not (yet?) support off-line imap, which is part of the IMAP4rev1 rfc. You can use something like mailsync, but the gnus agent does a much better job, imo. > | Also, it's more configurable than mutt, especially display-wise, if > | you don't mind elisp... > | > | Mutt is simple, light, fast, and just works for most people. But, > | gnus does more tricks, if you're willing to train it. Anyone smell > | breakfast cooking? > > Oh, I was wondering what the smoke was ;-). > > -D > > > PS (notice the smileys before beginning a flamewar) (gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) You're gonna burn in hell, bitch! -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
