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Putting email in its place with Emacs and Mu4e


I had a few free hours recently and decided to have a go at a long-simmering idea: To improve how I manage multiple email accounts. As someone who struggles mightily to cope with distractions (I have the attention span of a gnat), I was hoping to consolidate several separate interfaces into one, simpler, less distracting, more focused client.Sadly, I wasn't quite successful -- my work emails remain out of reach. But I learned a lot and ended up in at least a better place.

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