Re: Multiple sources and accounts with GNUS

[Richard Riley]

Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@users.sf.net> writes:

> Hi everyone. After a long period with mutt (which indeed sucks less but
> doesn't do news) and sylpheed/claws (which just sucks), I'm back to
> GNUS. I'm a sadist underneath - I know.
>
> So far I was able to setup all the receiving accounts successfully (a
> couple of nnimap accounts, gmane via nntp, nnmaildir for local spools,
> etc), but I'm having trouble to send outgoing e-mails to different
> accounts depending on the current group.
>
> I'm fine with the default of using sendmail, but for a couple of IMAP
> groups I need to use a specific SMTP server with credentials.
>
> Could I use 'gnus-parameters' for that, and change
> 'message-send-mail-function' depending on the group? Any pointer or
> small example in how to do this?
>
> Thanks.
>

msmtp is your man.

,----
|   ;; Select the correct smtp server based on the from address.
|   (defun msmtp-account (&optional def)
|     (let* ((from
|             (save-restriction
|               (message-narrow-to-headers)
|               (message-fetch-field "From")))
|            (account (if from (catch 'match
|                                (dolist (element msmtp-name-list)
|                                  ;; (message (format "smpt chosen is %s" 
element))
|                                  (when (string-match (format ".*%s.*" 
element) from)
|                                    (throw 'match element)))) nil)))
|       (if account account (if def def "default"))))
| 
|   (defun msmtp-change-smtp ()
|     (setq sendmail-program "/usr/bin/msmtp")
|     (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.googlemail.com" 587 nil 
nil)))
|     (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.googlemail.com")
|     (setq message-sendmail-envelope-from 'header)
|     (if (message-mail-p)
|         (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments (list "-a" (msmtp-account 
"default")))))
|   (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'msmtp-change-smtp)
`----

My code above  selects the msmtp profile to use based on the From
address which, im turn, is set by gnus-posting-styles but hopefully you
can adjust as appropriate.

Googling up the key vars above and msmtp should provide the info you
need.