🚀 go-pugleaf

<noreply@yahoo.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Thu, 21 May 2009 22:41:12 -0700 (PDT), emacs user <emacs_user@hotmail.com> said:
>    > Robert seem very busy, and I wonder if there is hope that vm will be
>    > again actively maintained?  I seem to be running into an increasing
>    > number of issues and I don't know that reporting them makes a
>    > difference.  There are also some additional development threads that
>    > could be merged into the main one and address some of these issues?
>
> That's true.  For more than a year, Robert Widhopf-Fenk has been
> silent. Does anyone know whether he is still around maintaining VM?  I
> begin to doubt one should still expect VM-8.1 to see the light.
>
> As less and less people are using VM, I wonder whether it's time to
> consider switching to another Emacs mail reader.  This poses at least
> two questions:
>
>  - Which one did should one choose: Wanderlust, Mew, Gnus, MH-E, etc.?
>  - Is there some kind of an automatic procedure to move our mailbox from
>    VM to this other mail reader?
>

How do these alternative programs stack up against vm?
- Where are they better or more featured?
- Where are they worse or more limited?
- Do any of these do a better job with rich text, html, and
  attachments?

If I ever do have to switch, I would want to make sure that I switch
to a program that is at least as good and with a strong commitment to
being updated and maintained.