Benjamin Slade <sl...@jnanam.net> writes: > I am currently using mu4e for email, but I would like to try out Gnus > (while keeping my working mu4e setup in order to be able to actually do > email while trying out/setting up Gnus). mu4e uses offlineimap as a > backend with Maildir structure. So I was hoping to be able to maintain my > Maildir setup while trying out Gnus. > > I setup dovecot by simply putting > > mail_location = maildir:~/home/MYUSERNAME/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs > > in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and starting the dovecot server. > > In .gnus.el I put: > > (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnimap "localhost" (nnimap-stream > network)))) > > According to > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9977182/how-to-integrate-dovecot-version-2-with-gnus-emacs > I should then be able to browse servers with ```^```, but when I do > this, I find: > > {nnfolder:archive} (closed) > {nndraft:} (opened) > {nnimap:localhost} (denied) > {nntp:news} (denied) > > I assume I want {nnimap:localhost}, but that appear inaccessible. > > I also found somewhat different instructions at > http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html > , but as that info is over 5 years old, I wasn't sure if it was still current. > > Does anyone have any further tips on how to get Gnus up and running with > a local Dovecot server (with mailsync handled with offlineimap)? And > should this be able co-exist alongside mu4e?
I wrote this last year, and it's more focused on searching, but the basic setup should be plenty viable for you. See if this helps! https://ericabrahamsen.net/tech/2014/oct/gnus-dovecot-lucene.html _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english