From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Myles English Subject: Re: mail integration, advice? Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:08:26 +0100 Message-ID: <8762claqf9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87397qchge.fsf@gmail.com> <87sjfpti15.fsf@gmx.com> Reply-To: Myles English Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48511) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNrOC-0004wS-77 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:03:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNrO6-00052U-02 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:03:35 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]:50747) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNrO5-00050U-Np for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:03:29 -0400 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so753555wib.12 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:03:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87sjfpti15.fsf@gmx.com> (Eric Schulte's message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:34:46 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode Hi Eric, >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:34:46 -0400, Eric Schulte said: > Myles English writes: >> I use gnus, offline imap, dovecot, notmuch, msmtp, bbdb3. And >> org-mode capture including links to emails works fine. >> >> The end result is very good and stable through updates Having said that I did have trouble with offlineimap 6.4-ish and so i am still on 6.3.3-1 but 6.5.2 is out so will give that a go soon. >> (I am using Arch Linux too) but I have to say though it did take a >> LOT of configurating. >> > As a long-time user of gnus with imap my only complaints are the > inability to work offline and the relatively poor sorting rules of > my web-mail imap servers. It sounds like dovecot and offline-imap > could solve both of these problems. > Was the offline-imap/dovecot combo difficult to configure? Mostly, it was not difficult, the one thing that was tricky was setting up dovecot to handle more than one account. I ended up doing this: # leave as the default setting mail_location = maildir:/home/myles/Maildir # specify a password file passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd default_fields = deny = no driver = passwd-file master = no override_fields = pass = no } # in /etc/dovecot/passwd overide the maildir for each of my three accounts: mylesenglish:{plain}PASSWD_FOR_MYLES:1000:1000::/home/myles::userdb_mail=maildir:/home/myles/Maildir/mylesenglish rh:{plain}PASSWORD_FOR_RH:1000:1000::/home/myles::userdb_mail=maildir:/home/myles/Maildir/rh ed:{plain}PASSWORD_FOR_ED:1000:1000::/home/myles::userdb_mail=maildir:/home/myles/Maildir/ed > Are there perhaps online instructions to which you could direct me? > FWIW I also use Arch as my OS. I remember this was quite useful if a bit outdated, it is a bit skimpy on Dovecot though: http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html The command 'dovecot -a' is useful to dump your config to stout then you can easily tell what you have changed in between attempts. I imagine that because you are already /au fait/ with gnus you have half the battle won. If need be I can dump my whole config but then where is the fun in that? Good luck. Myles