FWIW, here's an alternative setup to consider if you don't want everything to do in Emacs (I use it daily for its wonderful Org-Mode): * OfflineIMAP -- to down

FWIW, here's an alternative setup to consider if you don't want everything to do in Emacs (I use it daily for its wonderful Org-Mode): * OfflineIMAP -- to download and synchronize local Maildir with remote IMAP. * Mutt -- E-mail client (understatement). * Notmuch -- for fast local indexing and querying. * Postfix -- the wonderful mail transfer agent. Here[1] are some config files (from my colleague, Paul Frields) that you can adapt from. Been using the above set up for about five years. They heavily help with the high-traffic open source projects that use mailing lists for patches. (Even for general mail setup, this is still useful). These tools are a part of my day-to-day happiness at work. [1] https://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/configs/ https://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/configs/