Re: new gnus setup with Dovecot

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net> writes:

> I am currently using mu4e for email, but I would like to try out Gnus
> (while keeping my working mu4e setup in order to be able to actually do
> email while trying out/setting up Gnus). mu4e uses offlineimap as a
> backend with Maildir structure. So I was hoping to be able to maintain my
> Maildir setup while trying out Gnus.
>
> I setup dovecot by simply putting
>
> mail_location = maildir:~/home/MYUSERNAME/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
>
> in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and starting the dovecot server.
>
> In .gnus.el I put:
>
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnimap "localhost" (nnimap-stream
> network))))
>
> According to
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9977182/how-to-integrate-dovecot-version-2-with-gnus-emacs
> I should then be able to browse servers with ```^```, but when I do
> this, I find:
>
>      {nnfolder:archive} (closed)
>      {nndraft:} (opened)
>      {nnimap:localhost} (denied)
>      {nntp:news} (denied)
>
> I assume I want {nnimap:localhost}, but that appear inaccessible.
>
> I also found somewhat different instructions at
> http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html
> , but as that info is over 5 years old, I wasn't sure if it was still current.
>
> Does anyone have any further tips on how to get Gnus up and running with
> a local Dovecot server (with mailsync handled with offlineimap)? And
> should this be able co-exist alongside mu4e?

I wrote this last year, and it's more focused on searching, but the
basic setup should be plenty viable for you. See if this helps!

https://ericabrahamsen.net/tech/2014/oct/gnus-dovecot-lucene.html