X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=emacstips.mdwn;h=8cb9280b4f249c95831d1318eae0b0a898617a63;hb=26fa0dfa0dcb85877b42bc384f8aa9cf682324a5;hp=18f1c66540de47ee08f9a5848553fb921a29d784;hpb=0f8f298b7b6f60888e60ba132c52df5d4e3871df;p=obsolete%2Fnotmuch-wiki

diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn
index 18f1c66..8cb9280 100644
--- a/emacstips.mdwn
+++ b/emacstips.mdwn
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ a file called `~/.emacs.d/my-notmuch.el`:
         ;; uncomment & modify if you want to use external smtp server to send mail
         ;; (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.server.tld"
         ;;       message-send-mail-function 'message-smtpmail-send-it)
+        ;; uncomment to debug smtp sending problems
+        ;; (setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
 
 Then, add to `.emacs`:
 
@@ -409,9 +411,10 @@ available:
 
   * Shell/fgrep/perl combination [nottoomuch-addresses.sh](http://www.iki.fi/too/nottoomuch/nottoomuch-addresses/). 
     This tools maintains it's own address "database" gathered from email
-    files notmuch knows and search from that "database" is done by fgrep(1).
+    files notmuch knows and search from that "database" is done by `fgrep(1)`.
 
-You can perform tab-completion using any of these programs. Just add the following to your .emacs:
+You can perform tab-completion using any of these programs.
+Just add the following to your .emacs:
 
         (require 'notmuch-address)
         (setq notmuch-address-command "/path/to/address_fetching_program")
@@ -433,12 +436,11 @@ You can add the sender of a message to Google Contacts by piping the message
 
 ## How to sign/encrypt messages with gpg
 
-Messages can by signed using gpg by invoking `M-x
-mml-secure-sign-pgpmime` (or `M-x
-mml-secure-encrypt-pgpmime`). These functions are available via the
-standard `message-mode` keybindings `C-c C-m s p` and `C-c C-m c
-p`. To sign outgoing mail by default, use the `message-setup-hook`
-in your `.emacs` file:
+Messages can by signed using gpg by invoking 
+`M-x mml-secure-sign-pgpmime` (or `M-x mml-secure-encrypt-pgpmime`).
+These functions are available via the standard `message-mode` keybindings 
+`C-c C-m s p` and `C-c C-m c p`. To sign outgoing mail by default, use the
+`message-setup-hook` in your `.emacs` file:
 
         ;; Sign messages by default.
         (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'mml-secure-sign-pgpmime)
@@ -459,3 +461,70 @@ part.
   2011-02-02.  Note that if you have the Debian package easypg
   installed, it will shadow the fixed version of easypg included with
   emacs.
+
+## Multiple identities using gnus-alias
+
+[gnus-alias](http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusAlias) allows you to
+define multiple identities when using `message-mode`. You can specify
+the from address, organization, extra headers (including *Bcc*), extra
+body text, and signature for each identity. Identities are chosen
+based on a set of rules. When you are in message mode, you can switch
+identities using gnus-alias.
+
+### Installation
+
+- put `gnus-alias.el` on your load Emacs-Lisp load path (add new directory
+  to load path by writing `(add-to-list 'load-path "/some/load/path")` into
+  your `.emacs`.
+
+- Add the following to your `.emacs`
+
+        (autoload 'gnus-alias-determine-identity "gnus-alias" "" t)
+        (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'gnus-alias-determine-identity)
+
+Looking into `gnus-alias.el` gives a bit more information...
+
+### Example Configuration 
+
+Here is an example configuration.
+
+        ;; Define two identities, "home" and "work"
+        (setq gnus-alias-identity-alist
+              '(("home"
+                 nil ;; Does not refer to any other identity
+                 "John Doe <jdoe@example.net>" ;; Sender address
+                 nil ;; No organization header
+                 nil ;; No extra headers
+                 nil ;; No extra body text
+                 "~/.signature")
+                ("work"
+                 nil
+                 "John Doe <john.doe@example.com>"
+                 "Example Corp."
+                 (("Bcc" . "john.doe@example.com"))
+                 nil
+                 "~/.signature.work")))
+        ;; Use "home" identity by default
+        (setq gnus-alias-default-identity "home")
+        ;; Define rules to match work identity
+        (setq gnus-alias-identity-rules
+              '(("work" ("any" "john.doe@\\(example\\.com\\|help\\.example.com\\)" both) "work"))
+        ;; Determine identity when message-mode loads
+        (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'gnus-alias-determine-identity)
+
+When `gnus-alias` has been loaded (using autoload, require, *M-x load-library*
+or *M-x load-file* (load-file takes file path -- therefore it can be used
+without any `.emacs` changes)) the following commands can be used to get(/set)
+more information (some of these have "extensive documentation"):
+
+        M-x describe-variable RET gnus-alias-identity-alist
+        M-x describe-variable RET gnus-alias-identity-rules
+        M-x describe-variable RET gnus-alias-default-identity
+
+        M-x customize-group RET gnus-alias RET
+          or 
+        M-x gnus-alias-customize RET
+
+The last two do the same thing.
+
+See also the **Usage:** section in `gnus-alias.el`.