On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Simon Brown <simon@cliffestones.demon.co.uk
> wrote:

> At Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:59 -0400,
> Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> > David Frascone <dave@frascone.com> writes:
> > > 2) Which mail subsystem would be most compatible and easiest to use?
> > > MH?  Gnus?  And, would it be worth the trouble setting up on a mac?
> >
> > You might want to check out this recent ML discussion:
> >
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/23481/focus=23588
> I started that thread, the answer I suspect is simply no. Your options
> are MH-E, Gnus, Wanderlust, VM and MEW. I tried Gnus, Wanderlust and
> VM trying the hardest with Gnus and Wanderlust.
>
> Gnus has a lot going for it as it is included in emacs, very active
> development and I had it reading my IMAP mail very quickly. It is
> however a news reader and that didn't suit me at all.
>
> Installing Wanderlust I understand is tricky, you need to get it and
> it's dependancies from the right branch from CVS as the last release
> occured some time ago. I use the ubuntu wl-beta package so didn't have
> to do this.
>
> Configuration is far from trvial, my config file has 300 lines. It
> took me a week of tweaking to get to a state where I was happier than
> I was with my previous mail client. There are still some rough edges.
>
> I do like and use the org integration, but have found the bigger
> advantage is that I've now one less reason to leave emacs. How emacs
> centric is your current computer use?
>
> Postbox http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=94402 looks
> like a very capable application. By all means try all 5 out, I suspect
> though that they're not the mail clients you're looking for.
>

I finally got gnus working with my gmail account.  (I didn't want to try my
work account first, because too many failed logins will lock it, and I have
to call IT . . . Pain in the . . )
But, in a nutshell, it is simply WAY too slow.  I don't mind a command line
mail, though I prefer a gui with nice keyboard shutcuts.  I used mutt for
many, many years . . . . but, gnus is not mutt.  I don't think an e-macs
mail reader will really work for links, so, I'm going to be stuck with
either Mail.app, which I'd rather not go back to, or trying to make an addon
for Thunderbird / Postifx. . . sounds like it's addon time :)

But, that's secondary to actually getting org-mode integrated into my daily
life . . . . so, I'll shelve this issue for now.

-Dave