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Re: Multiple accounts (using Gmail)



Pinging this again.  Specifically, about what kind of hook to use to
base setting one the email address *I'm* using to adjust config.

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:01:30AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> With two accounts I'm using an account-hook.
> 
>     account-hook . \
>         'unset imap_user
>         unset imap_pass'
> 
>     account-hook imaps://imap.example.com/ \
>         'set imap=user=bill
>         set imap_pass=password'
> 
>     account-hook imaps://imap.gmail.com/ \
>         'set imap_user=user
>         set imap_pass=password'
> 
> This works ok for connecting and reading mail.
> 
> When I send mail from my normal account I want to send using my local
> MTA (Postfix), and when sending from my Gmail email address I want to
> use the Gmail SMTP server.
> 
>     folder-hook . \
>         unset smtp_url
> 
>     folder-hook imaps://imap.gmail.com/ \
>         set smtp_url=smtps://user@xxxxxxxxx:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Is that the correct approach?  Actually, seems I'd want to also base
> that on which From: email address I use.  send-hook looks at the
> recipients according to the manual.  What do I use for matching on the
> From: header?
> 
> 
> Now, I'm also having a problem with mailbox setup where the message
> counts are not shown.  I'm new to Gmail IMAP support so not 100% sure
> this is correct:
> 
> mailboxes \
>     imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX \
>     "imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail" \
>     imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts \
>     "imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail" \
>     imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Spam \
>     imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Stared \
>     imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trashed
> 
> But, the mailbox view show these all with zero counts:
> 
>     01 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail
>     02 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts
>     03 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail
>     04 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Spam
>     05 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Stared
>     06 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trashed
>     07 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
> 
> If I visit a mailbox (e.g. Spam), then the counts will later show up:
> 
>     01 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail
>     02 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts
>     03 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail
>     04 598 imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Spam
>     05 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Stared
>     06 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trashed
>     07 0  imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
> 
> 
> Is that expected?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@xxxxxxxx
> Sent from my iMutt
> 
> 

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Bill Moseley
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