Cellular automaton.
.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
.. include:: HEADER.rst
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Mail.
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.. contents::
Message headers fields.
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::
from = "From:" mailbox-list CRLF
sender = "Sender:" mailbox CRLF
reply-to = "Reply-To:" address-list CRLF
to = "To:" address-list CRLF
cc = "Cc:" address-list CRLF
bcc = "Bcc:" (address-list / [CFWS]) CRLF
newsgroups
http://tools.ietf.org/rfc//rfc2076.txt
Common Internet Message Headers, Informational
http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt
Internet Message Format, Standard Track
http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Standard Track
Sending mail with ssmtp.
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::
$ cat /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
Mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
FromLineOverride=YES
UseSTARTTLS=yes
AuthUser=gavenkoa
AuthPass=XXXXXX
Sending email via gmail in emacs.
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::
; install starttls from here (no need for patch)
; http://josefsson.org/emacs-smtp-starttls.html
(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
smtpmail-starttls-credentials
'(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil))
smtpmail-auth-credentials
(expand-file-name "~/.authinfo")
smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpmail-smtp-service 587
smtpmail-debug-info t
starttls-extra-arguments nil
smtpmail-warn-about-unknown-extensions t
starttls-use-gnutls nil)
Update ``~/..authinfo``::
machine smtp.gmail.com login [your name]@gmail.com password [your password]
And finally download, unzip, make and install startttls::
http://josefsson.org/emacs-smtp-starttls.html
* http://justinsboringpage.blogspot.com/2009/02/sending-email-via-gmail-in-emacs.html
* http://obfuscatedcode.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/configuring-emacs-for-gmails-smtp
Mail etiquette.
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Bottom vs. top quoting.
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Just not use top quoting!
Stallman warn about Google.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org/msg00302.html
Storage format for email.
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mbox.
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4155
The application/mbox Media Type (Category: Informational)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
Mbox at Wikipedia.
maildir.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
MH mailbox format.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH_Message_Handling_System