Re: How to add multiple email accounts inside gnus

[Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo]

Zed writes:

> I have set up the gnus with one gmail account (as follows) 
>
> (setq gnus-select-method 
>       '(nnimap "gmail" 
> 	       (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com") 
> (nnimap-server-port 993) (nnimap-stream ssl)))> 
>
> but is it possible to add other accounts such as hotmail as 
> well? 

Do the same as above with the correct port, but add it to 
gnus-secondary-select-methods:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods 
              '(nnimap "hotmail"
 [...]
#+END_SRC

> (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com") (setq 
> smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com") (setq 
> smtpmail-smtp-service 587) 

smtp (the sending part) is a little bit more tricky, since there 
is only one variable. You either have to (1) change 
smtpmail-smtp-server whenever you need the other, or (2) assuming 
they have the same port, add a line in the heading (just like you 
do with "Subject" and "To") with "X-SMTP-Server: 
whatever-the-smtp-address-for-hotmail-is".

You could also make Gmail be able to post from the other service, 
in gmail go to "Settings", then "Accounts and Import", then "Send 
mail as". If you do that, then you only need to change the "From" 
heading, so that it has you hotmail address, Gmail then sends it 
with the correct address. This is the method that I use, but I 
cannot confirm that it works with hotmail.

> (setq sendmail-program "C:/cygwin64/usr/sbin/msmtp")
> (setq message-send-mail-function 
> 'message-send-mail-with-sendmail) 

You shouldn't have to change that.

> (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("-a" "gmail"))

I don't know what that does. I use gmail and do not need it. 

> Also, I am not sure how to attach different accounts for 
> different newsgroup?

I suppose you mean different servers for news. Same as above, 
add-to-list in gnus-secondary-select-methods.

Best,
--
Jorge.