[LispM] Anyone Using Zmail?

[Steven Nunez]

Hi Alfred,

Thanks for the input (and sorry for the delay). I appreciate the feedback. What I meant by 'worth it' was an opinion on whether someone could 'live' with the functionality provided by zmail. I.e. how close would this be to using existing emacs MUAs? I'm fine spending time, but if the end result is something not usable, then it would be a waste. 

I'm guessing no one is doing this, which kind-of answers the question.

Regards,
	- Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Alfred M. Szmidt [mailto:ams at gnu.org] 
Sent: 12 May, 2017 21:10
To: steven.nunez at illation.com
Cc: lispm at tunes.org
Subject: Re: [LispM] Anyone Using Zmail?

   I am setting up a new Genera machine and wonder if anyone has
   gotten zmail to work with a more modern server, like IMAP or
   POP. Ideally interacting with a Google IMAP server (which is
   definitely a non-standard IMAP). In a fantasy, I’d like it to work
   with MS Exchange, so I could use it at work.

You'd need to implement IMAP and/or POP for it to work.  Simpler is to let a host provide a mbox file that you can read of NFS, and have the host update.  And a similar setup for sending mail.  You will have issues with reading MIME obfuscated emails though.

   Before I bark up that tree though: is it worth it?

Only you can decide how you find your time is worth spending.