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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 08:50:32 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6POKm+Gk4jk8RWUmS=JorD0mVJ-G70monbSGw3+uYE1C85w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eebclnsz.fsf@web.de>

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:59 AM Michael Heerdegen
<michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
>
> Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > But, BTW, I haven't done any configuration for gnus [1], but instead,
> > I noticed the following `custom-set-variables' setting in my
> > `~/.emacs.d/init.el':
> >
> > '(send-mail-function 'mailclient-send-it)
> >
> > If I want to use gnus to do the job through my Gmail account, what
> > adjustments should I make?
>
> If you don't get satisfying answers here, emacs.gnus.user and
> emacs.gnus.general are Gnus specific groups to ask.

Are these newsgroups or mailing lists? I can't find them on:
<https://www.gnus.org/resources.html>.

> I am using Gnus.  M-x emacs-bug-report still doesn't start Gnus, I get a
> buffer in message-mode instead.  You get the same when starting to
> compose a new message from within Gnus.
>
> You might want to start with one of the tasks (1) sending Email from
> Emacs and (2) reading Email and News using Gnus.
>
> For sending mail, AFAIR you need a sendmail program installed (or did
> this change...? I don't reacall).  I installed esmtp since it's easy to
> configure it.  I have a ~/.authinfo.gpg with servers, usernames and
> passwords (including the smtp-Server I use for sending mails), and, I
> guess, that's already all I config needed outside Emacs.
>
> Then some basic setup like
>
> (setq-default
>  send-mail-function #'smtpmail-send-it
>  mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent
>  user-mail-address ... )
>
> You will want to store Email addresses somewhere, there are multiple
> solutions for that (EBDB, BBDB, Org, probably more).
>
> For basic stuff, i.e. unless you want to use Gnus more or less as your
> one and only mail reader, you can also choose a more lightweight
> approach inside Emacs, instead of Gnus.
>
> If you do want to use Gnus, there is some more setup involved, but it is
> not harder to setup than other mail readers if you are used to Emacs.
>
> There is a cool gnus-mock called package for testing purposes available
> in Gnu Elpa that always starts with the same basic but functional setup,
> if you just want to try out how it looks like, and try out first
> settings.

Thank you for letting know this interesting tool [1].

[1] https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/gnus-mock.html

> Gnus then has its own `gnus-init-file', that's where your Gnus specific
> settings would go.
>
> Some variables you probably want to set:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (setq-default
>  mail-sources '((file :path "/var/mail/my-user-name")) ;"system" mail
>  gnus-message-archive-method ;where stuff is saved
>  '(nnml "archive"
>         (nnml-directory "~/Mail/archive/")
>         (nnml-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active")
>         (nnml-newsgroups-file "~/Mail/archive/newsgroups"))
>  gnus-message-archive-group "sent" ;your sent mails go there
>  mail-archive-file-name nil ;have forgotten why I have this
>  gnus-article-save-directory (expand-file-name "~/Mail/archive/read/")
>  nntp-authinfo-file          (expand-file-name "~/.authinfo.gpg"); see above
>  message-directory           (expand-file-name "~/Mail/")
>
>  epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t
>
>  gnus-secondary-select-methods
>  '((nnimap "Michael_Heerdegen@web.de"
>            (nnimap-address "imap.web.de"))
>    (nntp "Gmane" (nntp-address "news.gmane.io"))
>    (nntp "news.gnus.org"))
>  gnus-select-method (car gnus-secondary-select-methods)
>
>  gnus-default-article-saver #'gnus-summary-save-in-folder
>
>  gnus-blocked-images #'gnus-block-private-groups)
> #+end_src
>
> Could be that there are some redundancies, and you want to use your own
> Email addresses (I guess).
>
> That's the answer to the question what you would have to do.  There are
> probably lots of good "How to get started" manuals out there, and the
> Gnus manual itself is written in a nice and funny way, don't hesitate to
> read at length.

Thank you very much again for your helpful and exhaustive explanations.

> Michael.

Regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
No. 473, Quannan West Street, Xindu District, Xingtai, Hebei province



  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-02  0:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-28  9:23 Package cl is deprecated Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28  9:28 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-28  9:33 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28  9:46   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28  9:54     ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 10:03       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-07-28 11:20         ` Leo Butler
2021-07-28 13:41           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 14:07               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:21                 ` Leo Butler
2021-07-28 14:48                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:26                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  2:18                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29  6:17                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  7:22                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:31                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29  2:27                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29  6:16                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29 14:26                         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-30  3:04                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30  4:03                             ` Drew Adams
2021-07-30  5:33                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30 15:56                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-07-31  0:35                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  0:58                                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:15                                       ` Drew Adams
2021-07-31 22:39                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31 22:59                                           ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:42                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  1:41                                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  1:34                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31  4:06                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  4:39                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-31  5:18                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31  5:26                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:09                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:36                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  2:28                                         ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  2:46                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  2:49                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-31  1:04                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-31 21:14                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  1:55                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  2:30                                         ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01  4:13                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:16                                             ` Drew Adams
2021-08-01 23:58                                             ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  0:50                                               ` Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2021-08-02  1:10                                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:16                                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  1:38                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:05                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02  2:23                                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  2:25                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:24                                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  2:42                                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02  3:28                                                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  3:57                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02 19:50                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  4:29                                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-02 19:53                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 21:05                                                               ` gnutls and `erc-tls' (was: Re: [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 22:02                                                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-03  1:16                                                               ` [External] : Re: Package cl is deprecated Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  1:29                                                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-08-03  1:31                                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  1:36                                                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-08-03  1:59                                                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02 21:33                                                             ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-03  1:14                                                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-03  3:56                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:03                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-02  1:46                                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-02  2:18                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  4:23                                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-01  4:58                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:08                                             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  5:45                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  5:56                                                 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  6:29                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  6:36                                                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01  7:15                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-01  7:57                                                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-08-01 13:23                                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-30 19:59                     ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-28 13:03         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:23           ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 13:33             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 13:36               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:04                 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:15                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:23                     ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:25                       ` Thibaut Verron
2021-07-28 14:30                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 14:36       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-28 14:55         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-29 15:26           ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30  2:23             ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-28 18:11       ` Marcin Borkowski
2021-07-29  2:38         ` Hongyi Zhao

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