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emacs_and_email [2016-04-08 18:06] – [mail reading/writing] nikemacs_and_email [2016-11-25 11:39] (current) nik
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 ==== Emacs And Email ==== ==== Emacs And Email ====
  
-current setup (as of March 2016)+current setup (as of March 2016 - [[/user/nik|nik]])
   * mail delivery - ''getmail'' via IMAP with ''maildrop'' for filtering/filing into local subfolders   * mail delivery - ''getmail'' via IMAP with ''maildrop'' for filtering/filing into local subfolders
-  * mail reading/writing - ''mu4e'' in ''emacs''+  * mail reading/writing/searching - ''<del>mu4e</del>'' ''notmuch'' in ''emacs''
   * sending - from within ''emacs'' using ''smtpmail'' (and ''smtpmail-stream-type 'ssl'') to connect to remote smtp server   * sending - from within ''emacs'' using ''smtpmail'' (and ''smtpmail-stream-type 'ssl'') to connect to remote smtp server
  
 some notes... some notes...
 +
 +====overview====
 +
 +i'm taking some time to migrate from Thunderbird to mu4e as primary email interface (with potential benefits of an increase in intertwingularity and serendipity). A psuedo-iterative routine has developed over the years, roughly as follows
 +
 +  * get mail from server (manually run ''getmail'' to local Maildir folder (~Maildir/INBOX) also used by ''dovecot'' (local IMAP server)). generally prefer 'pull' to 'push' at this point.
 +  * filter mail (Thunderbird connects to local IMAP server, runs mail filters (automatically) sorting messages into maildirs (mailing lists -> archive, sysadmin, spam, etc), manual filter of messages in INBOX (single keys as defined with [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/nostalgy/|Nostalgy]] extension. 'i' -> 'incubation' maildir, 'a' -> archive maildir, 'j' -> junk, etc). this should result in a relatively manageable pile of messages.
 +  * read messages in INBOX (and filter/refile as required into 'archive' or 'incubation') usually reply immediately if required or 'defer' (ideally to 'incubation' often left sitting in INBOX) sent messages are in 'Sent' maildir (archive on ~yearly basis to speed up searching/narrowing)
 +  * if message requires a response, either mark as 'important' (in Thunderbird by pressing '1' in the list pane) or move to 'incubation' maildir. if message containes usefull info (meeting dates, train tickets, reading links, various side effects of partial automation, etc.) move to 'incubation' maildir. otherwise 'archive' read messages.
 +  * if there is time, read through messages in 'incubation' folder; respond, follow-up, or 'archive' as required.
 +  * repeat erratically
 +
 +finding previous correspondence, follow-up, various details, etc+
 +  * use narrowing search by 'from' and/or 'subject' or full search, both built into Thunderbird.
 +  * mailing list traffic which is 'intersting' is refiled into 'incubation' as required.
 +
 +current folder/maildir organisation; INBOX, Sent (and 'Drafts'), incubation (for responses, info, etc.), archive folders (one folder per decade and one for sent messages), sysadmin, Junk. (note: NO project based folders)
  
 ====mail delivery==== ====mail delivery====
  
-using ''getmail'' to deliver mail from remote server[s] to local maildir folders, with ''maildrop'' as a way of filing (filtering) messages into subfolders on the local machine. +using ''getmail'' to deliver mail from remote server[s] to local maildir folders, with ''maildrop'' as a way of filing (filtering) messages into subfolders on the local machine. ''mu''' maintains an index (using .noindex and .noupdate files where nec. to improve performance). ''mu4e'' runs ''getmail'' and ''mu index'' when updating it's database.
  
 configs configs
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-====mail reading/writing====+====mail readingwriting and referencing====
  
-  mu4e manual http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/+  mu4e manual http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/ 
 +  * still to sort out 
 +    * templates (e.g mindrot) 
 +    * clearer org-mu4e integration 
 +    * images in html mail (c.f. w3m, eww/shr, html2text) 
 +    * refiling to specified targets (e.g. 'a', 'j' and 's' in thunderbird/nostalgy) 
 +    * searches, constrained searches, searches as actions 
 +    * flow
  
 ====mail sending==== ====mail sending====
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