Alright #Betterbird and #Zoho users. Running into an issue where when I send an email from BetterBird, it seems to be sending twice. When I look at the email threads on the Zoho app on iOS, it shows two sent messages at the same time instead of one.
What settings should I look into to find out what’s doing this?
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Gnus: Why I consider my email client a life form
Gnus is a newsreader from 1987. It runs in Emacs. No buttons, no animations—just group overview, summary, and article buffer.
It's ugly. Complicated. Overpowered. And the best program I've ever used.
The learning curve is brutal. Thousands of pages of docs. Countless keybindings. You'll fail at first—IMAP won't show anything, authinfo will ignore you.
That's normal. The steep curve isn't a bug. It filters those who truly want it from those who just want an email client.
Why use a 1987 newsreader for email? Because everything is "news" to Gnus. IMAP folders = newsgroups. RSS feeds = newsgroups. Archives = newsgroups.
No other program needed. No sync. No detours. Just Gnus.
But the real answer? Control. Every aspect. Every color. Every keybinding. Every thread.
We live in a world of simplification—apps that tell you what to read, filters that decide what matters. Gnus refuses all of that. It shows you everything. You decide.
Gnus is radical. Not politically—but because it refuses modern logic:
"Make it easy" → "Learn it"
"Be efficient" → "Be thorough"
"Follow best practices" → "Build your own"
I'm not writing this to convince anyone. I'm writing to capture a decision: I refuse to be managed. I read myself. I decide myself. I reply myself.
Gnus is my silver robe. Uncomfortable. Unmodern. Unsimple.
But it's mine.
`M-x gnus`
🔗 Link to full essay in German: https://mahamind7.blogspot.com/2026/04/gnus-oder-warum-ich-meinen-email-client.html
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Side project shipped: QuickMailBites, a native email client that reads directly from AWS S3 buckets.
If you use AWS SES to route emails to S3, this is for you. No mail server needed - point it at your bucket and read your emails like normal.
Also supports IMAP and Gmail OAuth so it can be your only client.
Native Flutter app (not Electron), ~50MB RAM, keyboard-driven, system tray badge.
https://bonskari.github.io/money-maker/projects/quickmailbites/
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