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$HeadURL: https://tstotts.net/pubvc/email-config/README.txt $
$LastChangedDate: 2007-07-12 18:00:26 -0400 (Thu, 12 Jul 2007) $

Various MH email profile configs/macros reside here for your perusal.

MH is a UNIX email folder storage format, comparable to maildir and mbox.
However, unlike the other formats, MH is also a Mail Handling system that can
perform all email functionality strait from the command-line without any single
user interface.

After years of configuring various MTAs, MTUs, processors, and other programs, I
settled with MH as the only efficient system for myself. I reside too much in
the UNIX command-line to appreciate GUI clients. My email setup uses the
following applications. Configuration details of some items is not included or
simplified.

* _Sending_

    1. _MH_
       Mail Handling (MH) system to create, store, view emails, consisting of
       many commands. Part of GNU Mailutils.

       - _mu-mh_
       MH implementation that is part of GNU Mailutils. Reliable, simple implementation.

       - _nmh_
       Another MH implementation. Extensive features. Prone to bugs.

    2. _postfix_
       MTA for outgoing email via smtp; ssmtp would have been sufficient,
       except that I need the ability to select both TLS and non-TLS
       transport servers based upon recipients in the To: field.

* _Receiving_

    1. _postfix_
       Collects email for local system and spools; important for monitoring
       various system daemons and analyzers.

    2. _fetchmail_
       Collects email from a variety of external servers; personal, work,
       university. Note that I do *not* have fetchmail redirect emails to the
       local MTA as the ability to receive email should not predicate on the
       ability to send it.

        a. _procmail_
           Invoked by fetchmail, procmail pre-processes emails to select their
           destination folder, providing a great deal of automated control for
           filtering and sorting incoming mail. Also splits mailing list digests
           into individual messages for easier reply.

            1. _nmh_ (rcvstore)
            Invoked by procmail, rcvstore stores emails in MH
            format. Unfortunately, procmail MH format handling is rather
            simplistic, lacking support for sequences (not marking messages as
            new); otherwise it would not need to invoke rcvstore. This is also
            preferable to setting up inc to understand my many accounts and
            folders.

* _Front-ends_

    1. _MH_
       The MH commands are straight-forward and—in rare system-rescue
       situations—may be the preferable email interface.

       - _nmh_ implementation for command line usage (more features)
       - _mu-mh_ implementation for MH-E front end (fewer bugs)

    2. _mutt_
       Sophisticated email program for reading / composing.
       Mostly used as a failsafe user-friendly program in case I need to do
       something urgent without learning new commands. Compatible front-end for
       MH mail formats.

    3. _MH-E_
       MH front-end included with GNU Emacs. Especially ideal so that I do not
       need to run another program when I already use Emacs for everything.
       Almost as feature-full as mutt, and integrated into Emacs.

    4. _GNUS_
       Another news & mail front included with GNU Emacs. Necessary for MH-E
       to understand MIME and cryptography.

* _Cryptography_

    1. _GPG_
       Provides extended PGP to all of the email clients.

    2. _GPGSM_
       Provides extended S/MIME to all of the mail clients, with some
       experimental configuration.

-timotheus