Hi. 👋
I'd like to define a Guix Home service that aggregates all my email
configuration together: mbsync, msmtp, Notmuch, and a couple of mcron
jobs.
So far, I've kept them as separate services but I thought it was nice
and cleaner having them grouped together.
I've been thinking of something along the lines of:
(define my/msmtp-config
(list
(msmtp-account
(name "test")
(configuration
(msmtp-configuration
(host "example.com")
(user "user")
...)))
...))
(define my/home-email-service
(service
(service-type
(name 'home-email)
(extensions
(list
(service-extension home-mcron-service-type (const ...))
(service-extension home-msmtp-service-type (const my/msmtp-config))
(service-extension home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type (const
...))))
(default-value #f)
(description "Email service."))))
This mostly works:
- 'guix home reconfigure' runs smoothly, without warning or error.
- mbsync and Notmuch configuration files are correctly created.
- Guix Home cron jobs are also defined as expected.
However, msmtp is not configured correctly. The resulting file
'~/.config/msmtp/config' only contains the string 'defaults'.
I can successfully set up msmtp as a separate service like this:
(define my/home-msmtp-service
(service
home-msmtp-service-type
(home-msmtp-configuration (accounts my/msmtp-config))))
Anything that you think I'm doing wrong here? Could it be a limitation
with 'home-msmtp-service-type', which doesn't seem to indicate any
mechanism for extend/compose?
More generally, this way of aggregating services together in
'my/home-email-service', does it look like a good pattern or should I do
things any differently?
Thanks, cheers, Fabio.
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Fabio Natali
https://fabionatali.com
