* Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?
@ 2009-01-26 22:16 thruxton
2009-01-27 10:22 ` emacsnews
2009-01-27 10:39 ` Many email clients in parallel [was: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?] Andrzej Adam Filip
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: thruxton @ 2009-01-26 22:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi List,
I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
installed?
Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
things?
I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
sure what to install.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
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* Re: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?
2009-01-26 22:16 Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu? thruxton
@ 2009-01-27 10:22 ` emacsnews
2009-01-27 10:39 ` Many email clients in parallel [was: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?] Andrzej Adam Filip
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: emacsnews @ 2009-01-27 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi thruxton,
I have the same setup as you, and have (mostly) configured
my gnus, but as you will soon learn, it is a loooong process
(you keep finding more things you can do).
For sending mail I use emacs' own smtpmail (included with
emacs) since this gives me complete control; I can easily
see/alter exactly what it's doing. I originally tried ssmtp
then msmtp, but couldn't configure them exactly the way I wanted.
I have the following tls related packages installed:
gnutls-bin, guile-gnutls, libcurl3-gnutls, libgnutls26, and
libgnutls-dev. I can't remember if they were actually needed
by smtpmail since I installed them for ssmtp and msmtp, but
they (the tls stuff) only use around 4 or 5mb.
thruxton <psmerdon@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi List,
> I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
> but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
> I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
> use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
> installed?
>
> Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
> things?
>
> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
> I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
> my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
> sure what to install.
>
> Thanks for any advice you can give me.
--
aleblanc
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* Many email clients in parallel [was: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?]
2009-01-26 22:16 Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu? thruxton
2009-01-27 10:22 ` emacsnews
@ 2009-01-27 10:39 ` Andrzej Adam Filip
2009-01-28 17:29 ` Many email clients in parallel Asgeir
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrzej Adam Filip @ 2009-01-27 10:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
thruxton <psmerdon@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
> but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
> I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
> use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
> installed?
>
> Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
> things?
>
> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
> I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
> my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
> sure what to install.
>
> Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Would you like to create configuration allowing you to use *multiple*
email clients/news readers in parallel?
e.g.
1) I prefer to install "local IMAP server" (e.g. dovecot) and use
fetchmail to download messages from remote mailboxes into local
imap folders (with sieve/procmail filtering and sorting).
2) You can use leafnode to download usenet newsgroups (from many
sources) to local news spool also accessible via nntp
--
[pl>en Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi@onet.eu : anfi@xl.wp.pl
Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed.
-- W. C. Bennett
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* Re: Many email clients in parallel
2009-01-27 10:39 ` Many email clients in parallel [was: Additional software to read email with Gnus on Ubuntu?] Andrzej Adam Filip
@ 2009-01-28 17:29 ` Asgeir
2009-01-28 18:01 ` Andrzej Adam Filip
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Asgeir @ 2009-01-28 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Why don't get your mails with GNUS and let him sort them using the To/Cc
headers ? That's more simple but enougth efficient for a daily usage...
Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> writes:
> thruxton <psmerdon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
>> but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
>> I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
>> use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
>> installed?
>>
>> Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
>> things?
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
>> I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
>> my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
>> sure what to install.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you can give me.
>
> Would you like to create configuration allowing you to use *multiple*
> email clients/news readers in parallel?
>
> e.g.
> 1) I prefer to install "local IMAP server" (e.g. dovecot) and use
> fetchmail to download messages from remote mailboxes into local
> imap folders (with sieve/procmail filtering and sorting).
> 2) You can use leafnode to download usenet newsgroups (from many
> sources) to local news spool also accessible via nntp
--
Asgeir
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* Re: Many email clients in parallel
2009-01-28 17:29 ` Many email clients in parallel Asgeir
@ 2009-01-28 18:01 ` Andrzej Adam Filip
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrzej Adam Filip @ 2009-01-28 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Asgeir <asgeir@free.fr> wrote:
> Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> writes:
>> thruxton <psmerdon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would like to use Gnus to read email/newsgroups on my ubuntu laptop
>>> but am unsure what extra software I need to install to do so.
>>> I have home email, work email and gmail/yahoo mail to configure, most
>>> use ssl on the smtp end, do I need utilities like starttls or msmtp
>>> installed?
>>>
>>> Do I need fetchmail & sendmail or does Gnus manage all of these
>>> things?
>>>
>>> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and the emacs-snapshot that includes Gnus v5.13
>>> I am comfortable with fetchmail getting my emails and pointing Gnus to
>>> my inbox, but as for sending email and using helper utilites I am not
>>> sure what to install.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice you can give me.
>>
>> Would you like to create configuration allowing you to use *multiple*
>> email clients/news readers in parallel?
>>
>> e.g.
>> 1) I prefer to install "local IMAP server" (e.g. dovecot) and use
>> fetchmail to download messages from remote mailboxes into local
>> imap folders (with sieve/procmail filtering and sorting).
>> 2) You can use leafnode to download usenet newsgroups (from many
>> sources) to local news spool also accessible via nntp
>
> Why don't get your mails with GNUS and let him sort them using the To/Cc
> headers ? That's more simple but enougth efficient for a daily
> usage...
1) My gnus generates part of sieve script that does sorting for all
email clients :-)
2) When I have tested a few email clients most of them offered "very nice
features absent in most other email clients". *For me* avoiding being
tied to *one* email client is worth the effort required.
I do not suggest that using local IMAP is the best path for everyone but
I think it should be at least considered by many people.
--
[pl>en Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi@onet.eu : anfi@xl.wp.pl
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect.
-- Freeman Dyson
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