How do I set up Emacs on Linux to read/send mail from Gmail?

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Mar 15, 20264603 views

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I generally like Gmail, but there's something about well formatted, color highlighted plain text over a black background that appeals to me a lot. I'd like to be able to use Emacs to read/send email using my Gmail account, but setting it up is infuriatingly difficult. I tried a bunch of extensions …

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I use offlineimap + dovecot for having the mails localy. My .offlineimaprc is: My /etc/dovecot.conf contain: and my .gnus have: For outgoing mail I use: And it just work.

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How do I set up Emacs on Linux to read/send mail from Gmail?

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