Re: is nmh (new MH) multi-identity capable?

Hi Eric. I still use VM. VM is maintained by someone else now, and
some changes were made that didn't work for me, (maybe my fault.) I
contacted the original author, Kyle E. Jones, via kyle_jones at
wonderworks dot com and he was kind enough to work up some fixes for
me.

Really nice guy-I know how he feels when one wants to move on, but
can't shirk responsibilities of creating something thats used by
others.

I use VM with multiple addresses, ([email protected],
[email protected],) by having two accounts on the machine, and run an
eternal ssh(1) tunnel for emacs(1) daemons in both accounts.

    John

Eric De Mund writes:
> 
> I'm an Emacs user who's contemplating transitioning to nmh (with MH-E)
> for email, from VM 7.19[2]. VM has long worked for me, but it's time to
> enter the 2010's from the 2000's; in particular, VM doesn't support mul-
> tiple email identities. My use case is that of a typical desktop machine;
> I don't have a local SMTP daemon running, but instead use Emacs's own
> smtpmail-sent-it. Presently, I'm sending and fetching mail for my second
> identity via a web browser, but I want to get away from that.
> 
> I'll need to configure, of course, a separate set of SMTP and POP/IMAP
> hosts for each identity. Can this be done with nmh? My initial read is
> of their FAQ and mailing list archives is that the answer is, "Yes, but
> sort of as a kludge, as mh was originally designed in the days when this
> wasn't something users were needing."
> 
> If there's anyone here who's presently doing this, I'd be grateful to
> learn if all that's required for multiple email identities is appropri-
> ate configuration of the two files /etc/nmh/mts.conf and ~/.mh_profile.
> 
> Much obliged,
> Eric
> 
> p.s. I'm not wedded to nmh; I might also try NotMuch[3] or mu4e[3]. My
> requirement is only that I be able to do my emailing from within Emacs
> in an xterm. So I'd also welcome your general thoughts here. Because,
> who knows, I might try nmh if it works and simply find it not to my
> liking.
> 
> p.p.s. I'm not even *really* wedded to needing multiple email identities
> per single (Unix) user identity. It's not a showstopper for me to create
> another user and work that way, I just prefer not to have to do so.
> 
> Again, many thanks. --Eric
> 
> notes
> [1] nmh
>     https://www.nongnu.org/nmh/
> 
> [2] VM 7.19
>     http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/
> 
> [3] Emacs Wiki :: Category Mail
>     https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryMail
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