From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: [OFF TOPIC] almost giving up on emacs email..looking for advice? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:34:33 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9o4zyzq.fsf@gmx.us> References: <87egjgyo09.fsf@gmail.com> <6sw6c7vbcmypwh.fsf@dhcp-6-148.hmco.com> <87pp2tgmcz.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPRUl-0001XJ-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 04:34:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPRUh-0006Cw-JT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 04:34:47 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54699) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPRUh-0006Cj-At for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 04:34:43 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPRUe-0007cg-Q3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:34:40 +0200 Received: from tsn109-201-154-147.dyn.nltelcom.net ([109.201.154.147]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:34:40 +0200 Received: from rasmus by tsn109-201-154-147.dyn.nltelcom.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:34:40 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Peter Salazar writes: > >> Like Fabrice, I also still process my email using the Gmail web >> interface. The only reason I want email within Emacs is so I can >> compose replies in a proper editor with all my keybindings. I tried >> Chrome's Edit with Emacs, but it loses line breaks when it sends the >> output from Emacs back to Gmail. So I prefer to write replies within >> Emacs. >> >> Since I only need a small fraction of my emails to go through Emacs, I >> set up mbsync to pull only my starred messages: >> >> Channel gmail-starred >> Master :gmail-remote:"[Gmail]/Starred" >> Slave :gmail-local:starred >> Create Both >> Expunge Both >> SyncState * >> >> If this is of interest to you I can share my setup. > > I agree that having email accessible locally is key to making Gnus > usable. All my email is synced to local dovecot server, and Gnus > accesses that -- no lag at all. Sending messages is still a big pain, > though. I send using msmtp, and there's an add-on called msmtp-queue > that would apparently allow Gnus to hand off messages instantly, but > I've never spent the time to get it set up. I sure wish IMAP could > handle both sending and receiving messages! Sending messages in Gnus is trival these days. It works out of the box when you add a X-Message-SMTP-Method header (and GCC for saving a copy to Sent). I use smtp server from GMX, my own mail server and Outlook (I've used google mail in the past). Rasmus -- It was you, Jezebel, it was you