From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Schulte Subject: Re: mail integration, advice? Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: <87d36tox9x.fsf@gmx.com> References: <87397qchge.fsf@gmail.com> <87sjfpti15.fsf@gmx.com> <8762claqf9.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51211) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNrb0-0007go-1k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:16:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNraw-0004JY-LG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:16:49 -0400 Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com ([74.208.5.67]:44456 helo=mailout-us.mail.com) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNraw-0004Ia-Fd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:16:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8762claqf9.fsf@gmail.com> (Myles English's message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:08:26 +0100") 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: Myles English Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode Myles English writes: > 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. > Wonderful, thanks for the instructions, with any luck I'll be reading and writing email from the train by this time next week. > > 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? > No need, if I don't figure out at least some of the config myself I'll not be able to maintain it later. Thanks! > > Good luck. > > Myles -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/