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|Name=VM
 
|Name=VM
 
|Short description=Mail reader for Emacs
 
|Short description=Mail reader for Emacs
|Full description=VM is a mail reader for GNU Emacs and XEmacs. It can retrieve mail from local spool files or remotely via POP and IMAP, display and send MIME messages, thread messages, auto-sort messages into folders, and manipulate "virtual folders" of messages matching certain criteria. In Emacs versions with X support it provides an interface with toolbars, menus, and mouse-based message selection.
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|Full description='''VM''' (View Mail) is a mail reader that runs under [[XEmacs]] and [[GNU Emacs]]. It was written as an alternative to the [[Emacs RMAIL]] mail reader by Kyle Jones. VM is highly configurable and easy to use. It supports POP and IMAP mail servers, understands MIME, and handles mail folders in the standard UNIX mailbox format and the BABYL format used by the [[RMAIL]] mailer. It has a powerful virtual folder facility to facilitate searching as well as more advanced handling of multiple mail folders.  
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|Extension of=emacs,xemacs
 
|Component programs=base64-encode.c,base64-decode.c,qp-encode.c,qp-decode.c
 
|Component programs=base64-encode.c,base64-decode.c,qp-encode.c,qp-decode.c
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|VCS checkout command=bzr checkout http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vm/vm/trunk viewmail
 
|Computer languages=Emacs Lisp
 
|Computer languages=Emacs Lisp
 
|Documentation note=User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/FAQ.html; User manual included and available in HTML format from http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/user-manual/
 
|Documentation note=User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/FAQ.html; User manual included and available in HTML format from http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/user-manual/
|Related projects=Dotmode.el,Emacs
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|IRC general=irc://irc.freenode.net/emacs
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|Related projects=notmuch,mu,rmail
 
|Keywords=emacs,mail,POP,VM,e-mail,XEmacs,mail reader,Lisp,Emacs Lisp,IMAP,MIME,thread,folders
 
|Keywords=emacs,mail,POP,VM,e-mail,XEmacs,mail reader,Lisp,Emacs Lisp,IMAP,MIME,thread,folders
|Version identifier=8.1.1-gnu22
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|Version identifier=8.2.0b-gnu23
|Version date=2010/05/16
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|Version date=2011-12-28
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/viewmail/vm-8.1.1-gnu22.tgz
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|Version download=https://launchpad.net/vm/8.2.x/8.2.0b/+download/vm-8.2.0b-gnu23.tgz
|Last review by=Alejandroindependiente
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|Last review by=Genium
|Last review date=2017/01/08
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|Last review date=2017/01/21
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPLv2
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|License=GPLv2orlater
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified by=Genium
|License verified date=2009-03-24
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|License verified date=2017/01/21
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|License note=https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vm/vm/trunk/view/head:/COPYING
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Email=hack@robf.de
 
|Email=hack@robf.de
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|Resource URL=
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}}
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{{Person
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|Real name=Kyle Jones
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|Role=Original author & maintainer
 
|Resource URL=
 
|Resource URL=
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/viewmail/
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=General
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|Resource kind=Developer
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|Resource URL=https://launchpad.net/vm
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vm/vm/trunk/files
 
}}
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
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|Resource kind=Newsgroup
 
|Resource kind=Newsgroup
 
|Resource URL=gnu.emacs.vm.info
 
|Resource URL=gnu.emacs.vm.info
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=http://www.robf.de/Hacking/elisp
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=EmacsWiki
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryViewMail
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://packages.debian.org/jessie/vm
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=History
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|Resource kind=Developer
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|Resource URL=http://www.wonderworks.com/vm
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
 
|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
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|Programming-language=C, lisp, shell
 
|Use=email
 
|Use=email
 
|Works-with=email
 
|Works-with=email
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
|Prerequisite description=Emacs or XEmacs
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|Prerequisite description=[[GNU Emacs]] >= 22 or [[XEmacs]] >= 21.4 or
 
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Revision as of 19:48, 20 January 2017


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VM

http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/
mail user agent for Emacs

VM (View Mail) is a mail reader that runs under XEmacs and GNU Emacs. It was written as an alternative to the Emacs RMAIL mail reader by Kyle Jones.

VM is highly configurable and easy to use. It supports POP and IMAP mail servers, understands MIME, and handles mail folders in the standard UNIX mailbox format and the BABYL format used by the RMAIL mailer. It has a powerful virtual folder facility to facilitate searching as well as more advanced handling of multiple mail folders.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Debian: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

Verified on

28 April 2014

Notes

There are fast encoders and decoders for common mime transport encodings included in this package. These programs are in the public domain.

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

21 January 2017




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Robert Widhopf-Fenk Maintainer
Kyle Jones Original author & maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
User & DeveloperDownloadhttps://launchpad.net/vm
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/viewmail
EmacsWikiGeneralhttps://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryViewMail
HistoryDeveloperhttp://www.robf.de/Hacking/elisp
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vm
Bug TrackingNewsgrouphttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gnu.emacs.vm.bug
DeveloperGeneralhttps://launchpad.net/~vm
EmacsWikiGeneralhttps://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ViewMailAddons
Bug Tracking,SupportE-mailmailto:hack@robf.de
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113089834
HistoryDownloadhttp://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/viewmail/
SupportNewsgrouphttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gnu.emacs.vm.info
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vm/vm/trunk/files


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to useGNU Emacs >= 22 or XEmacs >= 21.4 or




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