Plain text email delivered via *mu*[fn:1], *mu4e*[fn:2] and *mbsync*[fn:3]. I run my *own email server*[fn:4], so your configuration may differ from mine.
* Setup
* Sync
Make sure the following dependencies are installed on your system before loading the module. I would recommend against using any distributions pre-packaged version of ~mu4e~[fn:1], and instead build it yourself which I detail in this post[fn:2]:
#+begin_src shell
RUN apt install -y isync libgmime-3.0-dev libxapian-dev
This is the *mbsyncrc*[fn:3] file I use to synchronize my local mail with my server.
The program that actually synchronizes the emails with the server is ~mbsync~[fn:3]. Create the configuration file, this is for my personal mail server[fn:4], which I host myself, so make sure you write your own.
#+begin_src conf
IMAPStore xyz-remote
@ -44,57 +47,40 @@ Expunge Both
SyncState *
#+end_src
** Create symbolic link
** Create symbolic links
The system typically expects to find this file at ~$HOME/.mbsyncrc~, but you may also specify a custom path if launching the command using arguments. I chose to symlink the default location to my repository.
The system typically expects to find this file at =$HOME/.mbsyncrc=, but you may also specify a custom path if launching the command using arguments. I chose to symlink the default location to my repository.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(dotfiles/symlink "~/.emacs.d/config/mbsyncrc"
"~/.mbsyncrc")
#+end_src
This repository also contains my personal encrypted auth info.
This repository also contains my personal encrypted auth info, this is required by ~mbsync~[fn:3] to sign all of the outbound messages.
Download *mbsync*[fn:3] as part of the ~isync~ package on Ubuntu/Debian.
#+begin_src shell
sudo apt install -y isync
#+end_src
*Mu4e*[fn:2] is packaged for Ubuntu/Debian, but has a few dependencies to build for Emacs. I've had a lot of problems on multiple distributions trying to use the packaged versions. I would recommend installing it from source, which I detail here: https://chrishayward.xyz/posts/ https://chrishayward.xyz/posts/installing-mu-mu4e-from-source/
Once mail has been synchronized you need to init, and index it using *mu*[fn:1].
Before you can use ~mu4e~[fn:1] inside of Emacs, you need to synchronize the mail database, and index it using ~mu~[fn:5], the library used by ~mu4e~[fn:1] under the hood. Execute these commands in your terminal before loading the module, after that you can do everything inside of Emacs:
#+begin_src shell
mbsync -a
mu init --maildir="~/.cache/mail" --my-address="chris@chrishayward.xyz"
mu index
RUN mbsync -a
RUN mu init --maildir="~/.cache/mail" --my-address="chris@chrishayward.xyz"
RUN mu index
#+end_src
*Integration
* Config
After syncing and indexing the mail is ready for Emacs. Download and install *mu4e*[fn:2] and configure the *mail account*[fn:3].
After syncing and indexing, the mail is ready for Emacs. Include ~mu4e~[fn:1] in the configuration by adding the custom built version to the load path, and configure the mail account.
+ Update every 5 minutes
+ Configure mail account(s)
+ Scale text for all devices
+ Sign outbound mail with GPG key
+ Configure mail account(s)
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package mu4e
@ -128,18 +114,9 @@ After syncing and indexing the mail is ready for Emacs. Download and install *mu
(smtpmail-stream-type . starttls))))))
#+end_src
** Keybinding
Create a keybinding to open the mail dashboard with =SPC m=.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(dotfiles/leader
"m" '(mu4e :which-key "Mail"))
#+end_src
** Desktop notifications
Receive notifications for incoming mail via the *mu4e-alert*[fn:5] package.
Receive desktop notifications when new mail arrives with the ~mu4e-alert~[fn:6] package.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package mu4e-alert
@ -149,14 +126,25 @@ Receive notifications for incoming mail via the *mu4e-alert*[fn:5] package.
