Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Emacs as a mail reader
Hi,
For some weeks now, I'm trying to use emacs as a mail reader. I want to remove sylpheed as I don't use it very often. Plus, I would like to become more power using emacs too.
As today my main machine is running under windows, things are a little bit more complex than using any unix.
So, here is my configuration : emacs 23.3.1.
To be able to get your mails from IMAPS servers, you need to be able to open a SSL connection. You can read Configuring Gnus and Gmail With IMAP on MS Windows. I prefer to use stunnel. So, I can manage a simplier gnus.el configuration.
Example for gmail:
A great tutorial,My experiences from setting up Gnus with nnimap and Courier IMAP, about the splitting feature provided by emacs. Splitting is like an automatic sorting according to rules, like in outlook.
Sources
For some weeks now, I'm trying to use emacs as a mail reader. I want to remove sylpheed as I don't use it very often. Plus, I would like to become more power using emacs too.
As today my main machine is running under windows, things are a little bit more complex than using any unix.
So, here is my configuration : emacs 23.3.1.
To be able to get your mails from IMAPS servers, you need to be able to open a SSL connection. You can read Configuring Gnus and Gmail With IMAP on MS Windows. I prefer to use stunnel. So, I can manage a simplier gnus.el configuration.
Example for gmail:
- stunnel file
- [imaps-gmail]
- accept=localhost:12345
- connect=imap.gmail.com:993
- gnus.el for email reading
;;limit the number of fetch email (too avoid to slow down the system and to run in out of memory)
(setq gnus-newsgroup-maximum-articles 30)
;;here, only 30 mails are fetched
;;gmail account
(setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "Example GMAIL"
(nnimap-address "localhost")
(nnimap-server-port 12345)
(nnimap-authenticator login)
(nnimap-stream network)
(nnimap-authinfo-file
"~/.imap-auth")
))
- the imap-auth file
machine localhost login GMAIL_LOGIN password GMAIL_PASSWORD port 12345
A great tutorial,My experiences from setting up Gnus with nnimap and Courier IMAP, about the splitting feature provided by emacs. Splitting is like an automatic sorting according to rules, like in outlook.
Sources
- Official emacs wiki : GnusGmail
- emacs wiki : gnus nifty tricks: the basics
- sample gnus.el config file
- another gnus.el sample
- a discussion about "the gnus-secondary-select-methods and use of variables"
Labels: emacs, gmai, gnus, imap, mail, microsoft, MS, nnimap, split, splitting, ssl, stunnel, win, windows, xp
Thursday, July 14, 2011
How to optimize mail reading
Hi Foxes!
When you are dealing with many mail account, you know, it takes a lot of time. Firrst, you have to found an efficient email client, and that is very difficult. Plus, today, everyone is using IMAP protocol to deal with email, if it is not the HTTPS provided from GMAIL or another webmail gateway.
So, according to some reading, the best combo is to use a local IMAP server which will retrieve/fetch mails from a remote server to the local server, then use a regular mail client to read mail which are on the local computer. So, reading is fast, search is fast too, and you can read your mails offline too :D.
I let you read this comment.
So, one nice solution may be to use :
Another solution is to use a local mail server which can retrieve mails from a remote server, such as :
When you are dealing with many mail account, you know, it takes a lot of time. Firrst, you have to found an efficient email client, and that is very difficult. Plus, today, everyone is using IMAP protocol to deal with email, if it is not the HTTPS provided from GMAIL or another webmail gateway.
So, according to some reading, the best combo is to use a local IMAP server which will retrieve/fetch mails from a remote server to the local server, then use a regular mail client to read mail which are on the local computer. So, reading is fast, search is fast too, and you can read your mails offline too :D.
I let you read this comment.
So, one nice solution may be to use :
- offlineimap to create a maildir mail database from a remote IMAP server. It needs Python.
- use an email client which fully support maildir database OR use a POP/IMAP local server such :
- dovecot on linux
- xmail server on linux and windows
- UW Imap on windows and linux. No more under development
- panda imap
- an email cliant such GNUS (emacs), Mutt, Alpine, etc.
Another solution is to use a local mail server which can retrieve mails from a remote server, such as :
- hmailserver is working pretty nice under windows. You should read ALL the documentation. Everything is on the website. It is quite easy to configure everything.
Labels: gnus, imap, linux, local, mail, maildir, mutt, offlineimap, outlook, pop, server, thunderbird, windows, xmail
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Light newsgroup software
Hi Foxes,
Tired of heavy newsgroup clients such as pan, grabit and so on...let's have a try to;
I'm using stunnel on the top to add SSL feature. I prefer to do so, because I think that stunnel is well optimize about speed and memory usage compare to any homemade implemantation in a third software. I prefer to use the a dedicated software for that when it is possible.
About the configuration of the softwares, it is regular config files. You can have a look to :
Tired of heavy newsgroup clients such as pan, grabit and so on...let's have a try to;
- slrn, a blazing fast newsgroup reader. It downloads messages very quickly, it is very easy to use it and with a lot of features.
- nzbget very efficient to donwloads binary files using newsgroup. It is light and impressive.
- nget may be a useful software, but I have not found it easy to use.
I'm using stunnel on the top to add SSL feature. I prefer to do so, because I think that stunnel is well optimize about speed and memory usage compare to any homemade implemantation in a third software. I prefer to use the a dedicated software for that when it is possible.
About the configuration of the softwares, it is regular config files. You can have a look to :
- slrn
- slrn manual,"nnrpaccess host[:port] username password " to avoid to type your login and your password at every connection
- how to from the ubuntu community
- nget : quick tutorial from ubuntu forum
- nzbget : everything is on the main website.
Labels: gnus, grabit, newsgroup, nget, nntp, nzbget, pan, slrn
Friday, January 14, 2011
Vi life / Vim life / emacs daily life
Hi,
I'm not a vi / vim user, but I recognise that it is a very powerful text editor. So I have deciced to write a post about vim / vi. I will post here any useful URL for anyone who wants to use VI / VIM, and of course, some link to customize emacs ;)
1.continue to use vim, forget about learning emacs
2.How emacs keeps replacing my tools at work
3.w3m as a text browser inside emacs
4.w3m and gnus for emacs: just the mind of some user about that
I'm not a vi / vim user, but I recognise that it is a very powerful text editor. So I have deciced to write a post about vim / vi. I will post here any useful URL for anyone who wants to use VI / VIM, and of course, some link to customize emacs ;)
1.continue to use vim, forget about learning emacs
2.How emacs keeps replacing my tools at work
3.w3m as a text browser inside emacs
4.w3m and gnus for emacs: just the mind of some user about that
Labels: emacs, gnus, text browser, vi, vim, w3m
