From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: [OT] Gnus mail tutorial? Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 00:24:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87vc66lmuj.fsf@pank.eu> References: <20130525010056.0bb70583@aga-netbook> <87ehcvmt6s.fsf@nowhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38606) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMtD-0005SF-Tk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 18:24:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMt8-0008RQ-Ko for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 18:24:39 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMt8-0008RK-Dz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 18:24:34 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMt7-0002Mj-6o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 26 May 2013 00:24:33 +0200 Received: from dynamic-adsl-94-39-217-165.clienti.tiscali.it ([94.39.217.165]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 00:24:33 +0200 Received: from rasmus by dynamic-adsl-94-39-217-165.clienti.tiscali.it with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 00:24:33 +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 Alan Schmitt writes: > Glyn Millington writes: > >> For me Gnus is the gold standard among mail/news clients. It can be hard >> work to set it up but it is worth it. Alas, some good resources have >> actually vanished from the web over the years. > > Can Gnus be directly used with local mail in maildir format? Yes. They say it's better these days. Whether it's true I don't know. I use dovecot. For the record, this is what I use: (setq rasmus/imap-method `(nnimap "mail" (nnimap-stream shell) (nnimap-shell-program "MAIL=maildir:$HOME/mail /usr/lib/dovecot/imap"))) (setq gnus-select-method '(nnml "")) ;; good for offline (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods rasmus/imap-method) (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "gmane" (nntp-address "news.gmane.org"))) (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "gwene" (nntp-address "news.gwene.org"))) In my dovecot.conf (v2+) I have the following; I don't know if it's important. mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs passdb {driver = pam} ssl = no userdb {driver = passwd} –Rasmus -- May the Force be with you