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Show HN: VM 9.0.0, a mail reader for Emacs

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Show HN: VM 9.0.0, a mail reader for Emacs
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VM is a mail reader that runs inside GNU Emacs, a once popular mail client brought back to life as a community project. VM 9.0.0 is the first major release since the revival, with many bug fixes and new features.VM features:- Non-blocking IMAP and POP access, so you can fetch and save mail while carrying on in Emacs.- IMAP and POP mailboxes cached on disk, so a folder stays accessible when the server is unreachable.- Virtual folders: a folder view of messages across multiple folders, chosen by selection criteria.- MIME support with inline and external display.- HTML mail displays on a stock Emacs, through shr, the renderer eww uses.- Folders in plain mbox format, and mboxcl2, which does not irreversibly quote lines starting with "From ".- PGP access with EasyPG, Emacs's standard gpg interface.- A configuration check, M-x vm-check-configuration to assist in setup.- Emacs 28.1 or later.- Extensive documentation.- and much moreTo install from NonGNU ELPA: M-x package-install RET vm RET

or via make from the source tree.The NEWS-3.md file in the package lists everything in this release.Source and issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/emacs-vm/vm

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