My old laptop runs Mac OS 10.3 – it’s old. I run Firefox 2.0.0.20 – it’s slow. Gmail is slow. So I’m trying to move it all to Emacs using w3m and emacs-w3m, Gnus using GnusGmail.
Some notes to myself:
1. As indicated on the Emacs Wiki page, use `S s` and subscribe to `nnimap+gmail:[Gmail]/Spam`, `nnimap+gmail:[Gmail]/Trash`, and `nnimap+gmail:[Gmail]/Sent Mail`. You usually don’t need these three folders to be visible with the Gmail web interface, but using IMAP, I need them. I use `B m` to move mails into the Spam folder, for example. And there’s no quick access to a search.
2. Use `^` to go to the Server Buffer, then hit `RET` on the `{nnimap:gmail}` server, then use `u` to subscribe to the various folders including the folders representing your labels.
I’m using the following:
;;; Gnus
(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.hispeed.ch")
gnus-secondary-select-methods
'((nnimap "gmail"
(nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
(nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.netrc")
(nnimap-server-port 993)
(nnimap-stream ssl)
(nnmail-expiry-target "nnimap+gmail:[Gmail]/Trash")
(nnmail-expiry-wait immediate))))
;;; SMTP
(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpmail-smtp-service 587
smtpmail-starttls-credentials
`((,smtpmail-smtp-server
, smtpmail-smtp-service
nil nil))
smtpmail-auth-credentials "~/.netrc")
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I would also suggest trying out Mew for email within Emacs. I prefer it to Gnus. You can find it at www.mew.org.
– Brian Zwahr 2009-07-28 14:47 UTC
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Do you have any particular reasons? I’ve been using Gnus on and off for as long as I’ve been using Emacs (since 19.34), so I feel somewhat familiar with it. 😄
– Alex Schroeder 2009-07-28 16:06 UTC
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Also, the first big email I write after putting the laptop to sleep and waking it up again... Write... C-c C-c to send it and it says IMAP process not running or something. I try try again. Same error. I fetch new email for my INBOX and indeed Emacs reconnects. Then I return to my message and send it again.
Then I discover that I’ve sent the email three times. Apparently sending worked, but something else regarding sent mails and IMAP did not. That was embarassing. 🙁
– Alex Schroeder 2009-07-28 22:38 UTC