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[notmuch-wiki] / emacstips.mdwn

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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ As its name implies, notmuch isn't really doing that much (which is part of its
   not replies. So we need to get sane message-mode FCC figured
   out. Some investigation is still needed here.
 
-* * <span id="customize_notmuch_folder">How to customize notmuch-folders</span>
+* <span id="customize_notmuch_folder">How to customize notmuch-folders</span>
 
   There's a "notmuch-folder" command available in the emacs client
   that displays a list of "folders" and the number of messages in
@@ -124,6 +124,35 @@ As its name implies, notmuch isn't really doing that much (which is part of its
   already running, it seems to shut down when the script exits. I
   don't know why."
 
+* msmtp, message mode and multiple accounts
+
+  As an alternative to running a mail server such as sendmail or
+  postfix just to send email, it is possible to use
+  [msmtp](http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/).  This small application will
+  look like /usr/bin/sendmail to a MUA such as emacs message mode, but
+  will just forward the email to an external SMTP server.  It's fairly
+  easy to set up and it support several account for using different
+  SMTP servers.  The msmtp pages have several examples.
+
+  A typical scenario is that you want to use the company SMTP server
+  for email coming from your company email address, and your personal
+  server for personal email.  If msmtp is passed the envelope address
+  on the command line (the -f/--from option) it will automatically
+  pick the matching account.  The only trick here seems to be getting
+  emacs to actually pass the envelope from.  There are a number of
+  overlapping configuration variables that control this, and it's a
+  little confusion, but setting these three works for me:
+
+   - mail-specify-envelope-from: t
+
+   - message-sendmail-envelope-from: header
+
+   - mail-envelope-from: header
+
+  With that in place, you need a .msmtprc with the accounts configured
+  for the domains you want to send out using specific SMTP servers and
+  the rest will go to the default account.
+
 * <span id="sync_maildir_flags">how to sync notmuch tags and maildir flags]</span>
 
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