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Right, yes, it definitely is possible. + +00:00:14.358 --> 00:00:18.957 +In fact, in the past, I've used, I believe, MSMTP, + +00:00:18.958 --> 00:00:23.317 +which is a small SMTP implementation + +00:00:23.318 --> 00:00:27.437 +that's independent of Emacs. So you can do that. + +00:00:27.438 --> 00:00:30.757 +It's also possible to, pointed + +00:00:30.758 --> 00:00:34.997 +to have it use the sendmail binary on your system. + +00:00:34.998 --> 00:00:41.637 +If you have a local MTA mail transfer agents + +00:00:41.638 --> 00:00:46.117 +like Exim or Postfix installed and configure. + +00:00:46.118 --> 00:00:50.037 +I believe that should also dispatch + +00:00:50.038 --> 00:00:51.997 +and return instantaneously + +00:00:51.998 --> 00:00:55.157 +and then have Postfix or Exim + +00:00:55.158 --> 00:00:57.997 +deal with sending the message on their terms + +00:00:57.998 --> 00:01:02.197 +without blocking Emacs. I don't know, it depends. + +00:01:02.198 --> 00:01:04.917 +Normally it's not always that slow. Sometimes it is. + +00:01:04.918 --> 00:01:11.917 +I think it also depends on the load on your mail server. + +00:01:11.918 --> 00:01:14.917 +Sometimes it's instantaneous, sometimes not. + +00:01:14.918 --> 00:01:17.837 +So I hope that helps. + +00:01:17.838 --> 00:01:20.597 +Let's see, is the Dovecot workaround + +00:01:20.598 --> 00:01:21.917 +actually a solution? + +00:01:21.918 --> 00:01:24.437 +I haven't tried it, but if it works smoothly, + +00:01:24.438 --> 00:01:27.477 +I'll surely do so. It is, it really is. + +00:01:27.478 --> 00:01:31.637 +I've actually been using that setup for many years. + +00:01:31.638 --> 00:01:45.837 +I can't remember. Oh, I believe it's Eric Abramson + +00:01:45.838 --> 00:01:49.077 +who first shared instructions on how to set this up. + +00:01:49.078 --> 00:02:04.037 +Let's see if I can find it. There we go. Yeah, this is it. + +00:02:04.038 --> 00:02:06.957 +I'll share this on IRC as well. + +00:02:06.958 --> 00:02:15.517 +Yeah, so Dovecot is very, very efficient. + +00:02:15.518 --> 00:02:21.557 +It's written in C. And yeah, when you point Gnu's + +00:02:21.558 --> 00:02:23.237 +to an IMAP server like Dovecot, + +00:02:23.238 --> 00:02:25.037 +dealing with email is pretty instantaneous. + +00:02:25.038 --> 00:02:29.157 +This article or post by Eric is great. + +00:02:29.158 --> 00:02:32.397 +Although I will say that + +00:02:32.398 --> 00:02:34.997 +there was a recent major release of Dovecot. + +00:02:34.998 --> 00:02:37.877 +I can't remember if it's 2.4 or 2.5. + +00:02:37.878 --> 00:02:39.597 +and it's a breaking change. + +00:02:39.598 --> 00:02:42.557 +They change a lot of the configuration syntax, + +00:02:42.558 --> 00:02:44.077 +so there's a high likelihood + +00:02:44.078 --> 00:02:47.477 +that this drop-in configuration won't work, + +00:02:47.478 --> 00:02:49.237 +even though that's what I used + +00:02:49.238 --> 00:02:51.957 +as my starting point a couple years ago. + +00:02:51.958 --> 00:02:56.237 +I will be writing an article on my personal site + +00:02:56.238 --> 00:03:02.717 +to go over how to configure recent versions of Dofconn + +00:03:02.718 --> 00:03:07.117 +for such a setup, for a local setup. + +00:03:07.118 --> 00:03:15.957 +Let's see. Do you have experience with Mu4e or not much? + +00:03:15.958 --> 00:03:22.397 +And why would you say Gnus is worth using compared to these? + +00:03:22.398 --> 00:03:23.837 +I do have experience with these, + +00:03:23.838 --> 00:03:25.517 +although it goes back many years, + +00:03:25.518 --> 00:03:27.757 +and I'm sure both of these have evolved since, + +00:03:27.758 --> 00:03:31.837 +and they're great pieces of software in their own rights. + +00:03:31.838 --> 00:03:33.917 +And actually I did use them in that order. + +00:03:33.918 --> 00:03:37.397 +Like I first tried Mu4e in Emacs, + +00:03:37.398 --> 00:03:40.277 +when I started using email in Emacs, + +00:03:40.278 --> 00:03:44.277 +then I tried Notmuch for a while, and then I went to Gnus. + +00:03:44.278 --> 00:03:51.157 +They're great. They have like pros and cons. + +00:03:51.158 --> 00:03:52.397 +Mu4e, I believe, has + +00:03:52.398 --> 00:03:55.357 +excellent maildir handling directly, + +00:03:55.358 --> 00:03:58.357 +if I'm not mistaken, unlike Gnus, + +00:03:58.358 --> 00:04:00.837 +so you can point it directly + +00:04:00.838 --> 00:04:03.637 +to your maildirs locally, + +00:04:03.638 --> 00:04:06.157 +and it should work fine, + +00:04:06.158 --> 00:04:08.157 +if I'm remembering correctly. + +00:04:08.158 --> 00:04:11.477 +NotMuch is also excellent. + +00:04:11.478 --> 00:04:12.477 +The thing with Notmuch + +00:04:12.478 --> 00:04:13.957 +is that it uses Xapien + +00:04:13.958 --> 00:04:17.877 +for indexing and searching email. + +00:04:17.878 --> 00:04:20.397 +It's tag-based, so you can tag messages. + +00:04:20.398 --> 00:04:24.077 +And then, yeah, it's amazing + +00:04:24.078 --> 00:04:26.197 +for tagging and searching capabilities, + +00:04:26.198 --> 00:04:28.877 +very powerful search features. + +00:04:28.878 --> 00:04:31.677 +And my reason for trying Gnus + +00:04:31.678 --> 00:04:33.637 +and then, I don't know, eventually + +00:04:33.638 --> 00:04:37.037 +liking it was couple of years ago, + +00:04:37.038 --> 00:04:38.437 +I went through this kind of phase + +00:04:38.438 --> 00:04:40.597 +of trying and trying to like use + +00:04:40.598 --> 00:04:43.357 +and stick with packages + +00:04:43.358 --> 00:04:45.317 +that are built into GNU Emacs + +00:04:45.318 --> 00:04:47.157 +as much as possible. + +00:04:47.158 --> 00:04:51.877 +No particular reason that I would like, + +00:04:51.878 --> 00:04:54.197 +you know, recommend people do that per se, + +00:04:54.198 --> 00:04:57.037 +but yeah, that's just what I wanted to do. + +00:04:57.038 --> 00:05:00.597 +Cause I noticed my configurations + +00:05:00.598 --> 00:05:02.277 +were like growing unwieldy. + +00:05:02.278 --> 00:05:07.797 +So I, like many others declared, Emacs in its bankruptcy, + +00:05:07.798 --> 00:05:11.677 +in its file bankruptcy, and configure things from scratch + +00:05:11.678 --> 00:05:15.717 +and try to use whatever that Emacs had to offer + +00:05:15.718 --> 00:05:18.797 +built in itself, and then only reach for a couple + +00:05:18.798 --> 00:05:20.277 +of external packages here and there. + +00:05:20.278 --> 00:05:24.717 +So that's what I went to. That's how I ended up on Gnu's. + +00:05:24.718 --> 00:05:26.397 +And it's been very nice. + +00:05:26.398 --> 00:05:29.557 +I've tried a few other email clients + +00:05:29.558 --> 00:05:31.237 +since then, temporarily, + +00:05:31.238 --> 00:05:33.197 +like I tried AERC, A-E-R-C, + +00:05:33.198 --> 00:05:36.197 +which is not built into Emacs, + +00:05:36.198 --> 00:05:36.797 +but I don't know, + +00:05:36.798 --> 00:05:38.197 +I keep coming back to Gnus. + +00:05:38.198 --> 00:05:42.757 +It's great to have it all, to be able to do all these things + +00:05:42.758 --> 00:05:47.677 +from within GNU Emacs. Let's see, some notes and feedback. + +00:05:47.678 --> 00:05:52.557 +Thank you for all the kind words folks, appreciate it. + +00:05:52.558 --> 00:05:56.557 +I'm glad that you found the presentation helpful + +00:05:56.558 --> 00:05:59.157 +or somewhat useful. Let's see, new question. + +00:05:59.158 --> 00:06:02.357 +Oh, and I will check IRC as well. + +00:06:02.358 --> 00:06:06.917 +Let's see, at my organization, + +00:06:06.918 --> 00:06:09.317 +we're forced to use OAuth with Outlook, + +00:06:09.318 --> 00:06:11.157 +and they've also blacklisted + +00:06:11.158 --> 00:06:13.517 +all email clients except Thunderbird, + +00:06:13.518 --> 00:06:15.237 +but they don't support it, + +00:06:15.238 --> 00:06:17.037 +only the Webmail or the Outlook app. + +00:06:17.038 --> 00:06:18.517 +Do you know if this is something + +00:06:18.518 --> 00:06:23.997 +that can be circumvented in Gnus? Let's see. + +00:06:23.998 --> 00:06:29.797 +So if I'm pretty sure, at least with the recent Emacs versions, + +00:06:29.798 --> 00:06:37.677 +Gnus does support xOAuth as a backend. + +00:06:37.678 --> 00:06:41.557 +So I think you should be able to do that + +00:06:41.558 --> 00:06:45.677 +even with just the things, the machinery built into Emacs. + +00:06:45.678 --> 00:06:53.917 +Even so, I think there are external packages and programs. + +00:06:53.918 --> 00:06:58.717 +One of them I think comes from this Cyrus IMAP world + +00:06:58.718 --> 00:07:02.357 +of things that implement like XOAuth. + +00:07:02.358 --> 00:07:04.797 +So you should be able to do that. + +00:07:04.798 --> 00:07:09.397 +You should be able to use that to get authenticated + +00:07:09.398 --> 00:07:12.237 +to your organization's mail server. + +00:07:12.238 --> 00:07:15.797 +But I've never tried that myself. + +00:07:15.798 --> 00:07:22.837 +In terms of like blacklisting all email clients, + +00:07:22.838 --> 00:07:27.637 +I don't know how they would do it outside of, you know, + +00:07:27.638 --> 00:07:29.797 +this kind of authentication thingy. + +00:07:29.798 --> 00:07:32.317 +If, you know, they check + +00:07:32.318 --> 00:07:36.397 +the user agent header or something, + +00:07:36.398 --> 00:07:42.037 +that's pretty easy to customize and set. + +00:07:42.038 --> 00:07:50.437 +With Gnus, you can set, define a posting style + +00:07:50.438 --> 00:07:55.237 +to set a custom user agent. + +00:07:55.238 --> 00:07:58.157 +So, yeah, that's as far as I know. + +00:07:58.158 --> 00:08:00.877 +Thunderbird is pretty nice too. + +00:08:00.878 --> 00:08:05.157 +Like I reach out for it sometimes + +00:08:05.158 --> 00:08:10.557 +when I'm in a rush or can't, + +00:08:10.558 --> 00:08:15.957 +don't have the time to like set up Gnus with + +00:08:15.958 --> 00:08:24.117 +like some new like IMAP server or something. + +00:08:24.118 --> 00:08:28.757 +I reach for it sometimes, but yeah, + +00:08:28.758 --> 00:08:32.397 +I primarily use Gnus. I see. + +00:08:32.398 --> 00:08:34.757 +So the question says they tried it + +00:08:34.758 --> 00:08:38.117 +with not much and it never worked. + +00:08:38.118 --> 00:08:39.877 +Even KML on Android didn't work. + +00:08:39.878 --> 00:08:45.597 +Right. Yeah, I'm not sure. + +00:08:45.598 --> 00:08:47.677 +If you can like provide maybe more details + +00:08:47.678 --> 00:08:57.477 +as to like what doesn't work + +00:08:57.478 --> 00:09:02.517 +or if you get any particular error messages + +00:09:02.518 --> 00:09:05.677 +or like how they're trying to like prevent you from using it, + +00:09:05.678 --> 00:09:08.557 +then maybe folks could have some ideas + +00:09:08.558 --> 00:09:11.877 +of maybe how to get around that. + +00:09:11.878 --> 00:09:16.237 +Yeah. Let's see, I'm going to go + +00:09:16.238 --> 00:09:29.597 +over and take a look at IRC. Yes, scoring is great. + +00:09:29.598 --> 00:09:33.357 +In it for bankruptcy, + +00:09:33.358 --> 00:09:39.157 +they have mail to use outlook from Gnus, right? + +00:09:39.158 --> 00:09:43.637 +Yeah, there are various like solutions and workarounds. + +00:09:43.638 --> 00:09:47.277 +Yeah, let's see. How's the schedule looking? + +00:09:47.278 --> 00:09:48.277 +I think the next talk + +00:09:48.278 --> 00:09:52.637 +is gonna start pretty soon, if I'm not mistaken. + +00:09:52.638 --> 00:10:34.557 +Yeah, so I believe that's about all the time + +00:10:34.558 --> 00:10:35.717 +that we have on the stream for the Q&A, + +00:10:35.718 --> 00:10:38.757 +but of course I'll hang around here on big blue button + +00:10:38.758 --> 00:10:43.077 +and IRC for a while if folks would like to ask more questions. + +00:10:43.078 --> 00:10:43.757 +And also feel free to email me, + +00:10:43.758 --> 00:10:44.877 +bandali@gnu.org + +00:10:44.878 --> 00:10:46.437 +or at kelar.org with any questions. + +00:10:46.438 --> 00:10:49.557 +Thanks again for the kind words folks, appreciate it. + +00:10:49.558 --> 00:10:51.037 +Yeah, I myself also wish + +00:10:51.038 --> 00:10:53.637 +that there were like some tutorials or something + +00:10:53.638 --> 00:10:54.997 +when I was getting started with Guinness, + +00:10:54.998 --> 00:10:56.557 +but we didn't have that. So, and I've been meaning + +00:10:56.558 --> 00:10:59.117 +to like record a talk like this for years for EmacsConf, + +00:10:59.118 --> 00:11:12.277 +but yeah, funnily enough, after like 10 years of, + +00:11:12.278 --> 00:11:22.117 +at my 10th anniversary + +00:11:22.118 --> 00:11:27.397 +of being involved with the conference, + +00:11:27.398 --> 00:11:29.357 +I finally put together a talk of my own + +00:11:29.358 --> 00:11:32.317 +to talk about configuring Gnus. + +00:11:32.318 --> 00:11:35.757 +Let's see. Oh, I see, I see. + +00:11:35.758 --> 00:11:41.517 +So the organization is doing some kind of check + +00:11:41.518 --> 00:11:43.437 +during setting up of OAuth. + +00:11:43.438 --> 00:11:44.637 +So I think how that works is + +00:11:44.638 --> 00:11:47.157 +sometimes these email clients, + +00:11:47.158 --> 00:11:50.117 +I think at least this is the case for Gmail or something, + +00:11:50.118 --> 00:11:55.037 +where a project such as Thunderbird + +00:11:55.038 --> 00:12:00.557 +needs to apply for some kind of token + +00:12:00.558 --> 00:12:02.517 +to be able to authenticate + +00:12:02.518 --> 00:12:05.117 +and connect its users to a mail server. + +00:12:05.118 --> 00:12:10.197 +So all I will say is + +00:12:10.198 --> 00:12:12.237 +that Thunderbird is free software + +00:12:12.238 --> 00:12:13.517 +and the sources are available + +00:12:13.518 --> 00:12:15.517 +and you might be able to find + +00:12:15.518 --> 00:12:19.637 +the token that they use and yeah. + +00:12:19.638 --> 00:13:13.877 +Right, so yeah, I'm just reading this comment here. + +00:13:13.878 --> 00:13:16.077 +You're very welcome again. + +00:13:16.078 --> 00:13:18.797 +I hope you find it useful in some way. + +00:13:18.798 --> 00:13:21.597 +So they say that they like the fact + +00:13:21.598 --> 00:13:25.237 +that I started with a clean setup and built from that. + +00:13:25.238 --> 00:13:27.117 +Reading and writing emails in Emacs + +00:13:27.118 --> 00:13:28.917 +is definitely not straightforward. + +00:13:28.918 --> 00:13:30.357 +And I find it frustrating + +00:13:30.358 --> 00:13:32.317 +that there are so many pieces to put together + +00:13:32.318 --> 00:13:34.397 +and a bunch of documentation to read. + +00:13:34.398 --> 00:13:39.317 +And they admit that they find Gnus overwhelming. + +00:13:39.318 --> 00:13:42.757 +I sympathize and empathize. + +00:13:42.758 --> 00:13:45.317 +I've been in that very same situation. + +00:13:45.318 --> 00:13:50.557 +And yeah, it's totally okay to feel like that. + +00:13:50.558 --> 00:13:55.437 +I mean, email itself is kind of complex, + +00:13:55.438 --> 00:13:57.517 +even on the server side. + +00:13:57.518 --> 00:14:00.517 +If you've ever looked or have been interested + +00:14:00.518 --> 00:14:02.677 +in self-hosting your email, + +00:14:02.678 --> 00:14:06.637 +you know that there are so many moving parts and pieces. + +00:14:06.638 --> 00:14:14.397 +So yeah, I hope that this short video + +00:14:14.398 --> 00:14:18.277 +can be a useful first step + +00:14:18.278 --> 00:14:19.757 +of getting you set up to + +00:14:19.758 --> 00:14:22.957 +at least be able to read your emails + +00:14:22.958 --> 00:14:26.557 +and compose and send them within Emacs + +00:14:26.558 --> 00:14:30.837 +so that you can see that it's possible + +00:14:30.838 --> 00:14:34.837 +and get that positive feedback loop going + +00:14:34.838 --> 00:14:41.157 +and get the encouragement and then go from there. + +00:14:41.158 --> 00:15:06.597 +Yeah, Gnus is most definitely very extensible. + +00:15:06.598 --> 00:15:10.157 +It already has a lot of backends built into GNU Emacs, + +00:15:10.158 --> 00:15:12.437 +and there are other ones + +00:15:12.438 --> 00:15:14.237 +that people have written externally + +00:15:14.238 --> 00:15:18.557 +on various code hosting forges + +00:15:18.558 --> 00:15:27.877 +that you can download and set up. Yeah, thank you all. + +00:15:27.878 --> 00:15:30.717 +It's nice to see that the talk + +00:15:30.718 --> 00:15:33.917 +has kind of resonated with so many folks. + +00:15:33.918 --> 00:15:41.237 +And, yeah, it is encouragement + +00:15:41.238 --> 00:15:44.197 +for me to finally get around to starting + +00:15:44.198 --> 00:15:47.997 +perhaps either a tutorial series + +00:15:47.998 --> 00:15:50.477 +or like a video series like this + +00:15:50.478 --> 00:15:54.117 +concretely showing and walking through + +00:15:54.118 --> 00:15:57.917 +how to like set up and configure these different aspects. + +00:15:57.918 --> 00:16:00.277 +There were so many other things that I wanted to show, + +00:16:00.278 --> 00:16:04.557 +but didn't have the time + +00:16:04.558 --> 00:16:06.437 +or couldn't squeeze it into + +00:16:06.438 --> 00:16:09.037 +the 15, 20 minute format for the conference. + +00:16:09.038 --> 00:16:28.917 +Yeah. I'm going to hang out here for a few more minutes. + +00:16:28.918 --> 00:17:36.557 +Another comment, they would have liked + +00:17:36.558 --> 00:17:38.717 +to see a quick demo of Gnus + +00:17:38.718 --> 00:17:41.117 +while it is fully configured and tweaked. + +00:17:41.118 --> 00:17:43.357 +That's kind of a teaser. + +00:17:43.358 --> 00:17:52.357 +I can definitely do that sometime after the conference. + +00:17:52.358 --> 00:17:59.637 +Truth be told, I don't customize the looks of it heavily. + +00:17:59.638 --> 00:18:01.757 +I use the default layout + +00:18:01.758 --> 00:18:03.957 +for the summary and article buffers. + +00:18:03.958 --> 00:18:12.557 +With Gnus, you can even reconfigure that + +00:18:12.558 --> 00:18:15.637 +to arrange these in your preferred location or layout. + +00:18:15.638 --> 00:18:18.717 +I don't really do any of that. + +00:18:18.718 --> 00:18:22.797 +For the most part, my setup is pretty simple. + +00:18:22.798 --> 00:18:27.757 +I can actually maybe show my init file here. Let's see. + +00:18:27.758 --> 00:18:58.717 +Yeah, so this is, I guess, part of my Gnus configuration. + +00:18:58.718 --> 00:19:01.437 +I configure a couple of mail servers, + +00:19:01.438 --> 00:19:04.637 +set up these expiry targets + +00:19:04.638 --> 00:19:07.597 +so that I can hit capital E on a message + +00:19:07.598 --> 00:19:12.437 +and then have it be archived. You can have it be immediate. + +00:19:12.438 --> 00:19:15.477 +I do that for work messages + +00:19:15.478 --> 00:19:17.677 +or you can use the default seven day, + +00:19:17.678 --> 00:19:21.797 +where if a message is older than seven days, + +00:19:21.798 --> 00:19:23.317 +like once it reaches that age + +00:19:23.318 --> 00:19:26.357 +and it's been marked as expired and it'll be moved into, + +00:19:26.358 --> 00:19:29.597 +like for example, this yearly archive directory, + +00:19:29.598 --> 00:19:31.757 +like archive. For example, 2025. + +00:19:31.758 --> 00:19:35.317 +Yeah, you can do like mail splitting, + +00:19:35.318 --> 00:19:38.557 +automatically filing email. + +00:19:38.558 --> 00:19:44.037 +The fancy splitting is the more powerful variant. + +00:19:44.038 --> 00:19:46.917 +You can use like all kinds of regular expressions + +00:19:46.918 --> 00:19:48.917 +and move email around depending on + +00:19:48.918 --> 00:19:50.877 +what field or what header + +00:19:50.878 --> 00:19:52.637 +matches what regular expression. + +00:19:52.638 --> 00:20:00.397 +What else? Gnus has things, + +00:20:00.398 --> 00:20:03.477 +has a facility like Gnus parameters + +00:20:03.478 --> 00:20:07.237 +for configuring individual groups or directories. + +00:20:07.238 --> 00:20:11.477 +Like if you file all the mailing or the mails + +00:20:11.478 --> 00:20:15.797 +for a particular mailing list into a certain group. + +00:20:15.798 --> 00:20:20.237 +And for example, if they add + +00:20:20.238 --> 00:20:22.917 +the name of the mailing list + +00:20:22.918 --> 00:20:26.437 +to the, subject header. + +00:20:26.438 --> 00:20:28.957 +They prefix the subject header with the name of the list. + +00:20:28.958 --> 00:20:30.637 +You can set that here + +00:20:30.638 --> 00:20:32.877 +and Gnus will automatically + +00:20:32.878 --> 00:20:39.117 +hide that for you. So, let's see. + +00:20:39.118 --> 00:20:54.637 +There's a news agent, + +00:20:54.638 --> 00:20:58.917 +which I won't even get into because it's a rabbit hole. + +00:20:58.918 --> 00:21:01.877 +It's pretty cool. Definitely check it out. + +00:21:01.878 --> 00:21:07.517 +You can define what MIME parts should be buttonized + +00:21:07.518 --> 00:21:09.277 +so that you can like easily toggle them + +00:21:09.278 --> 00:21:11.077 +when displaying the article. + +00:21:11.078 --> 00:21:14.837 +Yeah, you can customize the list + +00:21:14.838 --> 00:21:17.597 +of the headers that are displayed and the order of them. + +00:21:17.598 --> 00:21:22.997 +Like I showed in the sample init file that I provided. + +00:21:22.998 --> 00:21:25.437 +Games can integrate with Dired. + +00:21:25.438 --> 00:21:35.957 +You can set like custom signatures like here. + +00:21:35.958 --> 00:21:37.877 +I might define something + +00:21:37.878 --> 00:21:44.797 +and then I use it later in the posting, + +00:21:44.798 --> 00:21:48.517 +in the posting, the news posting styles variable. + +00:21:48.518 --> 00:21:52.117 +I set a signature to that. Yeah. + +00:21:52.118 --> 00:22:09.997 +You can write custom like functions to move email around. + +00:22:09.998 --> 00:22:16.077 +So I have this like Gnus chunk article function + +00:22:16.078 --> 00:22:19.117 +that I bind to VS, + +00:22:19.118 --> 00:22:22.317 +so V is the prefix came up that I defined, + +00:22:22.318 --> 00:22:29.757 +and then S, so you can do things like that. + +00:22:29.758 --> 00:22:34.197 +You can customize the format of the topic lines, + +00:22:34.198 --> 00:22:39.557 +so if I actually launch Gnus with my own configuration, + +00:22:39.558 --> 00:22:43.397 +this is how it might look like, so. + +00:22:43.398 --> 00:22:58.437 +You can define archive decoders + +00:22:58.438 --> 00:23:02.317 +to let you like automatically decode + +00:23:02.318 --> 00:23:04.957 +inside the Gnus article buffer, + +00:23:04.958 --> 00:23:10.157 +how to extract certain archive formats. + +00:23:10.158 --> 00:23:13.037 +Like for example, I defined this one for Gzip. + +00:23:13.038 --> 00:23:18.637 +You can set like discouraged alternatives + +00:23:18.638 --> 00:23:22.077 +to like, for example, hide HTML email by default, + +00:23:22.078 --> 00:23:26.997 +especially if there is a plain text version. I do that. + +00:23:26.998 --> 00:23:34.997 +GNU says machinery around like encrypting emails. + +00:23:34.998 --> 00:23:36.957 +It has a bunch of customizations. + +00:23:36.958 --> 00:23:44.797 +that you can configure and have Dynos behave a certain way. + +00:23:44.798 --> 00:23:48.637 +For example, when replying to signed or encrypted emails. + +00:23:48.638 --> 00:24:01.957 +And yeah. Anyway. That's about it. + +00:24:01.958 --> 00:24:04.557 +So yeah, thanks again for hanging out with me, folks. + +00:24:04.558 --> 00:24:08.877 +I appreciate all the kind words. + +00:24:08.878 --> 00:24:13.117 +comments and yeah, I'm also + +00:24:13.118 --> 00:24:17.037 +looking forward to trying and putting together + +00:24:17.038 --> 00:24:21.997 +more videos or articles about Gnus. + +00:24:21.998 --> 00:24:28.117 +Definitely one about configuring Dovecot for local mail. + +00:24:28.118 --> 00:24:31.157 +And yeah, take it from there. Thanks again. + +00:24:31.158 --> 00:24:33.688 +Hope you enjoy the rest of the conference. |