Gnus is one of the most extensible Email programs on the planet. And it's not even made for email but NNTP. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'gnus) (require 'gnus-msg) (require 'mail-source) (require 'message) (require 'nnfolder) (require 'sendmail) (require 'oni-helpers) #+END_SRC Store all Gnus-related data in my data directory. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq gnus-directory (oni:data-location "News") gnus-article-save-directory gnus-directory gnus-cache-directory gnus-directory gnus-kill-files-directory gnus-directory) #+END_SRC Store all Mail source-related data in my data directory. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq mail-source-directory (oni:data-location "Mail")) #+END_SRC Store all message-related data in the same place as the Mail source data. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq message-directory (oni:data-location "Mail")) #+END_SRC Store all nnfolder-related data in the same place as the Mail source data. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq nnfolder-directory (oni:data-location "Mail")) #+END_SRC Use msmtp to send mail. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq send-mail-function 'sendmail-send-it) (setq sendmail-program "/usr/bin/msmtp") #+END_SRC Tell Gnus I'm not a novice anymore. One of the features of Gnus I use a lot is deleting messages and as long as Gnus thinks I'm a novice it will ask me if I'm sure every single time. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq gnus-novice-user nil) #+END_SRC Add a keybinding to the Gnus summary mode to easily delete messages. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map (kbd "M-d") 'oni-gnus-delete-forward) #+END_SRC * ryuslash.org Set my main email address as the primary select method for Gnus. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "ryuslash" (directory "~/documents/mail/ryuslash/"))) #+END_SRC When sending mail from the ryuslash inbox, use the ryuslash msmtp account. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'gnus-posting-styles '(".*" (address "tom@ryuslash.org") (eval (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("-a" "ryuslash"))))) #+END_SRC * picturefix Add my work email account as a secondary select method. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnmaildir "picturefix" (directory "~/documents/mail/picturefix/"))) #+END_SRC When sending mail from the picturefix account, use the picturefix msmtp account and set the proper name and email address. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'gnus-posting-styles '("picturefix:" (name "Tom Willemsen") (address "tom@picturefix.nl") (eval (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("-a" "picturefix"))))) #+END_SRC * gmail Add my other personal email as a secondary select method. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnmaildir "gmail" (directory "~/documents/mail/gmail/"))) #+END_SRC When sending mail from the gmail account, use the gmail msmtp accound and set the proper email address. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'gnus-posting-styles '("gmail:" (name "Tom Willemse") (address "ryuslash@gmail.com") (eval (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("-a" "gmail"))))) #+END_SRC