Hi Eric,
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:34:46 -0400, Eric Schulte said:
> Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> 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I remember this was quite useful if a bit outdated, it is a bit skimpy on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
