On Wed, Aug 27 2025, Matteo Valsasina <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > can you tell me more on your agent workflow (config if needed)?
> My system is based on mbsync + local dovecot + gnus on laptop and > direct nnimap access on other machines like smartphone. First one is > fast but not so easy to move from machine to machine and, in general > i think it involve too many components. I have the following in my ‘my-mail.el’ file, which is my e-mail configuration file, for setting up the Gnus agent: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (add-hook 'gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook #'gnus-agent-fetch-session) (setq gnus-agent-auto-agentize-methods '(nnimap) gnus-agent-enable-expiration 'DISABLE gnus-agent-consider-all-articles t gnus-agent-synchronize-flags 'ask gnus-agent-prompt-send-queue t gnus-agent-handle-level 6 gnus-agent-predicate 'true gnus-agent-plugged-hook '(gnus-agent-fetch-session) gnus-select-article-hook '(gnus-agent-fetch-selected-article)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- No miracles, I wrote them after reading ‘(info "(gnus) Gnus Unplugged")’. I recommend you to read it, if you want to use the Agent. > Thanks Matteo You’re welcome. > On 7 August 2025 19:34, Pyromania <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06 2025, James Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Uwe Brauer via "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU > > Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English)" writes: > >> Hm, by nnagent, do you mean using the agent on the nnimap? > >> I need to access the server via nnimap, I have used the agent > >> in the past but it caused more problems that it solves. > > Sorry to hear that (but it's almost indispensable for me). > Same here, I started to use the agent from the first day. It’s > easy to setup, what was your issues with it, Uwe? > > Btw they're complementary and not mututally exclusive. > Hey, James, I still don’t get what the Gnus Cloud would provide > for me. I’m using ‘nnimap’ with the Agent. > -- English is not my native/mother language. I can read and > understand English well, but I have problems expressing my > thoughts in it. Please, bear with me. Sincerely, Pyromania. > Pgp fingerprint = 2B24 291E 0637 4D2E 0D14 9EFC D7B3 10D4 5C9D > 5892 > () Ascii ribbon campaign - against HTML e-mail /\ > www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments Top posting is baaad for your health; avoid it 🙃. -- English is not my native/mother language. I can read and understand English well, but I have problems expressing my thoughts in it. Please, bear with me. Sincerely, Pyromania. PGP fingerprint = 2B24 291E 0637 4D2E 0D14 9EFC D7B3 10D4 5C9D 5892 () ASCII ribbon campaign - against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
