Rasmus <ras...@gmx.us> writes: > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> Peter Salazar <cycleofs...@gmail.com> 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).
It's not trivial when you live in China :) I can make it work, between alternate IP addresses and ssh tunnels, but it involves a lot of cursing and grinding my teeth. In a hostile network environment any client will face the same problems, but the lack of threading becomes pretty apparent here. Someday I will set up my own mail server, when I'm in bed with a broken leg, maybe. I have so many "broken-leg" projects waiting, I hate to think of what sort of accident I'd have to be in to get them all completed.