Explore the anatomy of Emacs mail user agents in this 38-minute conference talk from EmacsConf 2022. Delve into the concept of split-MUAs and their role in the digital ecosystem. Learn about existing Elisp mail libraries, the ByStar project, and the MARMEE common-agent for split-MUA implementations. Discover how to obtain, install, and configure MARMEE, and understand its integration with Blee-Gnus. Examine the evolution of Gnus with MARMEE, including X-Message-SMTP-Method and shared configuration management. Gain insights into the transformation of message-mode into message-polymode and explore two vertical-slice mail use cases. Access this talk and related resources using free/libre software, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
Overview
Syllabus
.000 Introduction
.080 Mail and the digital ecosystem
.600 Platformization and Mail
.400 Contours of this presentation
.800 Anatomy of monolithic MUAs
.840 Existing Elisp mail libraries and modes
.960 Concept of a split-MUA
.320 Emacs and the culture of DIY split-MUAs
.400 A glimpse of the bigger picture
.880 The full ByStar story
.320 ByStar DE context, assets, and terminology
.120 MARMEE parts list
.760 Blee-Gnus parts list
.680 Deep integration of BISOS-MARMEE and Blee-Gnus
.840 qmail and bystar-qmail
.560 MARMEE: common-agent for split-MUA implementations
.760 Obtaining, installing, and configuring MARMEE
.200 Installing MARMEE
.480 Emacs inside of ByStar
.760 Emacs common-agent models and interfaces
.960 Evolution of Gnus with MARMEE
.280 X-Message-SMTP-Method: qmail
.320 X-Message-Send-Method
.320 Shared common-agents configuration and secrets management
.600 Evolution of message-mode into message-polymode
.080 Two vertical-slice mail use cases
Taught by
EmacsConf and Emacs hangouts
