Re: [O] [OT] Gnus mail tutorial?

[Rasmus]

Alan Schmitt <address@hidden> writes:

> Glyn Millington writes:
>
>> For me Gnus is the gold standard among mail/news clients.  It can be hard
>> work to set it up but it is worth it.  Alas, some good resources have
>> actually vanished from the web over  the years.
>
> Can Gnus be directly used with local mail in maildir format?

Yes. They say it's better these days.  Whether it's true I don't know.
I use dovecot.

For the record, this is what I use:

(setq rasmus/imap-method
        `(nnimap "mail"
                 (nnimap-stream shell)
                 (nnimap-shell-program "MAIL=maildir:$HOME/mail 
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap")))
(setq gnus-select-method '(nnml ""))  ;; good for offline
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods rasmus/imap-method)
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
             '(nntp "gmane"
                    (nntp-address "news.gmane.org")))
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
             '(nntp "gwene"
                    (nntp-address "news.gwene.org")))


In my dovecot.conf (v2+) I have the following; I don't know if it's
important.

mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs

passdb {driver = pam}
ssl = no
userdb {driver = passwd}


–Rasmus

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