From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tyler Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: gnus, thunderbird and imap Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:31:08 -0500 Message-ID: <87zkrsqw4j.fsf@guruji.demimonde> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293384721 29258 80.91.229.12 (26 Dec 2010 17:32:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:32:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 26 18:31:55 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWuRn-0005km-0b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:31:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49991 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PWuRh-0001bo-Q4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:31:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39574 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PWuRO-0001bT-Tj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:31:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWuRN-00051D-N8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:31:30 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:33216) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWuRN-000513-Hc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:31:29 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWuRM-0005g4-4t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:31:28 +0100 Original-Received: from 76.177.51.182 ([76.177.51.182]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:31:28 +0100 Original-Received: from tyler.smith by 76.177.51.182 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:31:28 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.177.51.182 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+hKsOKz2uFdCIiVUkIOOM8Biqro= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:77900 Archived-At: Hi, I'm thinking of trying (once again) to use gnus for my mail reading. I currently use Thunderbird to read my mail via IMAP. I'd like to continue using Thunderbird while I get gnus configured. The directions provided here http://sachachua.com/notebook/wickedcool/wc-emacs-05-gnus.html Indicate that I need to set up a local IMAP server to get gnus working. What I'm wondering is if it's possible to point gnus at the IMAP directory in .thunderbird instead? Alternatively, is it possible to set up an IMAP server and reconfigure both thunderbird and gnus to read from the local server? I want to keep all my mail on the remote server as well, synced up automatically to what I do locally (i.e., deleting or moving messages on Thunderbird causes the same action to take place on the remote server.) I know these sorts of gnus questions come up a lot, but frankly I find the manuals overwhelming. What I need to know is where to start: do I begin with setting up my local IMAP server, or can I skip that and use the system already established by Thunderbird? Thanks, Tyler