* Title

Why and how I read and write email with Gnus in GNU Emacs

* Session type

- [X] Presentation (45 minutes)
- [ ] Panel / Discussion (45 minutes)
- [ ] Workshop (90 minutes)

Panels and presentations are 45 minutes, including questions.
Workshops are 90 minutes.

* Summary

It is widely known that GNU Emacs is much more than just a powerful
text editor.  Emacsians configure and extend Emacs to meet their
diverse set of computing needs, just about any task involving texts.
In recent years, mu4e and notmuch-emacs have become immensely popular,
and are now the go-to choices for many users looking to do email in
Emacs.  Though Gnus has its fair share of diehard users, it would
probably be safe to say that it has not been attracting new users at
the same rate as mu4e and notmuch-emacs.  A common sentiment is that
Gnus is a behemoth and taming it is somewhat of a Herculean effort.
In this talk, I will tell the tale of my journey into using GNU Emacs
for reading and writing emails, and configuring and setting up Gnus to
be just how I like.

* Abstract

It is widely known that GNU Emacs is much more than just a powerful
text editor.  Emacsians configure and extend Emacs to meet their
computing needs, including note-taking, preparing presentations,
writing programs, online chatting, reading and writing emails, and
just about any task involving texts.  In recent years, the Emacs
interfaces of mu and notmuch (mu4e and notmuch-emacs, respectively)
have gained immense popularity and have arguably become the go-to
choices for doing email in Emacs.  Though Gnus has its fair share of
users that use it and swear by it, it would probably be fair to say
that it has not been attracting new users at the same rate as mu4e and
notmuch-emacs.  A common sentiment is that Gnus is a behemoth and
taming it is somewhat of a Herculean effort.  In this talk, I will
tell the tale of my journey into using GNU Emacs for reading and
writing emails, and configuring and setting up Gnus to be just how I
like.  I will mention some of the techniques and tools I found to be
helpful in this process, in hopes of them being useful to others who
may want to try and get into the wonderful world of Gnus.

* Biography

Amin is a Free Software activist, a GNU maintainer, and a volunteer
webmaster for the GNU project.  He is currently a graduate student at
the Waterloo Formal Methods Group at the University of Waterloo.  Amin
is a GNU Emacs diehard who uses Emacs for just about any imaginable
computing task, and organizes the EmacsConf conference with help from
many wonderful people.