Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> writes:
> 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 I remember this was quite useful if a bit outdated, it is a bit skimpy on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.
>
Wonderful, thanks for the instructions, with any luck I'll be reading
and writing email from the train by this time next week.
>
> 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?
>
No need, if I don't figure out at least some of the config myself I'll
not be able to maintain it later.
Thanks!
>
> Good luck.
>
> Myles
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Eric Schulte
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