[VM] sybillin warning messages at start

[Damien Wetzel]

Hello,
I'm a very old user of VM under xemacs.
I'm getting some messages at vm start that i don't understand :
(1) (custom/warning) custom: widget custom-variable, option vm-coding-system-priorities has no associated group

(2) (custom/warning) custom: widget custom-variable, option vm-mime-ucs-list has no associated group

Im running vm 8.0.12 under xemacs 21.5 (beta31) \"ginger\" XEmacs
Lucid" under gentoo with xft and mule support.

I'm having a lot of errors with VM decoding some base64 emails and
emails with accents.
any clues would be welcome.
Damien,

[Uday S Reddy]

Post by Damien Wetzel
Im running vm 8.0.12 under xemacs 21.5 (beta31) \"ginger\" XEmacs
Lucid" under gentoo with xft and mule support.

Hi Damien, I recommend upgrading to a more recent version of VM, say
8.1.1 that is on the public release. If you google

vm mail or vm emacs

our web site comes up at the top.

Cheers,
Uday

[Damien Wetzel]

Hi uday,
in fact i guess the culprit was xemacs, i turned on emacs
and vm seems to be working quite well :)
by the way, do you think it's reasonable still using VM for reading
emails nowadays, wich email reader would you recommend as a replacement if the answer is yes . :)
cheers,

Post by Uday S Reddy

Post by Damien Wetzel
Im running vm 8.0.12 under xemacs 21.5 (beta31) \"ginger\" XEmacs
Lucid" under gentoo with xft and mule support.

Hi Damien, I recommend upgrading to a more recent version of VM, say
8.1.1 that is on the public release. If you google
vm mail or vm emacs
our web site comes up at the top.
Cheers,
Uday

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[Uday S Reddy]

Post by Damien Wetzel
by the way, do you think it's reasonable still using VM for reading
emails nowadays, wich email reader would you recommend as a replacement if
the answer is yes . :)

Yup, VM is working quite fine under the present day's requirements. We are
probably a couple of years behind the other mail tools in terms of
functionality, basically because we lost some time in the transitions from
Kyle Jones to Rob F, and then Rob F to the current team. But, since VM has
always been quite advanced for its time, it copes quite well.

The other mail tools that are often mentioned are Gnus and Wanderlust. Some
of us tried Gnus, but it didn't fit our mental framework for email.
Wanderlust seems fairly similar to VM in its architecture, but it has
been said that it has a "steep learning curve". But people that do basic
things seem quite happy with it.

Cheers,
Uday