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#+TITLE: :app email
#+TITLE: app/email
#+DATE: April 8, 2017
#+SINCE: v2.0
#+STARTUP: inlineimages
* Table of Contents :TOC:
- [[Description][Description]]
- [[Module Flags][Module Flags]]
- [[Plugins][Plugins]]
- [[Prerequisites][Prerequisites]]
- [[MacOS][MacOS]]
- [[Arch Linux][Arch Linux]]
- [[Features][Features]]
- [[Configuration][Configuration]]
- [[offlineimap][offlineimap]]
- [[mbsync][mbsync]]
* Description
This module makes Emacs an email client, using ~mu4e~.
#+begin_quote
I want to live in Emacs, but as we all know, living is incomplete without email. So I prayed to the text editor gods and they (I) answered. Emacs+evil's editing combined with org-mode for writing emails? /Yes please./
I want to live in Emacs, but as we all know, living is incomplete without email.
So I prayed to the text editor gods and they (I) answered. Emacs+evil's editing
combined with org-mode for writing emails? /Yes please./
It uses ~mu4e~ to read my email, but depends on ~offlineimap~ (to sync my email via IMAP) and ~mu~ (to index my mail into a format ~mu4e~ can understand).
WARNING: my config is gmail/gsuite oriented, and since Google has its own opinions on the IMAP standard, it is unlikely to translate to other hosts.
It uses ~mu4e~ to read my email, but depends on ~offlineimap~ (to sync my email
via IMAP) and ~mu~ (to index my mail into a format ~mu4e~ can understand).
#+end_quote
* Table of Contents :TOC:
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#macos][MacOS]]
- [[#arch-linux][Arch Linux]]
- [[#dependencies][Dependencies]]
** Module Flags
+ ~+gmail~ Enables gmail-specific configuration.
* Install
** Plugins
+ [[https://github.com/agpchil/mu4e-maildirs-extension][mu4e-maildirs-extension]]
* Prerequisites
This module requires:
+ ~offlineimap~ (to sync mail with)
+ Either ~mbsync~ (default) or ~offlineimap~ (to sync mail with)
+ ~mu~ (to index your downloaded messages)
** MacOS
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle (if (doom-system-os 'macos) "yes")
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
brew install mu --with-emacs
# And one of the following
brew install isync # mbsync
brew install offlineimap
#+END_SRC
** Arch Linux
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :dir /sudo:: :tangle (if (doom-system-os 'arch) "yes")
sudo pacman --noconfirm --needed -S offlineimap mu
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
sudo pacman --noconfirm --needed -S mu
# And one of the following
sudo pacman -S isync # mbsync
sudo pacman -S offlineimap
#+END_SRC
* Dependencies
You need to do the following:
* TODO Features
1. Write a ~\~/.offlineimaprc~. Mine can be found [[https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles/tree/master/shell/mu][in my dotfiles repository]]. It is configured to download mail to ~\~/.mail~. I use [[https://www.passwordstore.org/][unix pass]] to securely store my login credentials.
* Configuration
** offlineimap
This module uses =mbsync= by default. To change this, change ~+email-backend~:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq +email-backend 'offlineimap)
#+END_SRC
Then you must set up offlineimap and index your mail:
1. Write a ~\~/.offlineimaprc~. Mine can be found [[https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles/tree/master/shell/mu][in my dotfiles repository]]. It
is configured to download mail to ~\~/.mail~. I use [[https://www.passwordstore.org/][unix pass]] to securely
store my login credentials.
2. Download your email: ~offlineimap -o~ (may take a while)
3. Index it with mu: ~mu index --maildir ~/.mail~
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no
;; Each path is relative to `+email-mu4e-mail-path', which is ~/.mail by default
(set! :email "Lissner.net"
'((mu4e-sent-folder . "/Lissner.net/Sent Mail")
(mu4e-drafts-folder . "/Lissner.net/Drafts")
(mu4e-trash-folder . "/Lissner.net/Trash")
(mu4e-refile-folder . "/Lissner.net/All Mail")
(smtpmail-smtp-user . "henrik@lissner.net")
(user-mail-address . "henrik@lissner.net")
(mu4e-compose-signature . "---\nHenrik Lissner"))
t)
(set-email-account! "Lissner.net"
'((mu4e-sent-folder . "/Lissner.net/Sent Mail")
(mu4e-drafts-folder . "/Lissner.net/Drafts")
(mu4e-trash-folder . "/Lissner.net/Trash")
(mu4e-refile-folder . "/Lissner.net/All Mail")
(smtpmail-smtp-user . "henrik@lissner.net")
(user-mail-address . "henrik@lissner.net")
(mu4e-compose-signature . "---\nHenrik Lissner"))
t)
#+END_SRC
** TODO mbsync