docker-vmail

What

A docker container for running Vmail, a Vim interface to Gmail.

Requirements

1. Docker
2. A Gmail Account
3. A Google App password

Setup

Install the container

# docker pull davewongillies/docker-vmail:latest

Create a .vmailrc config file

If you don't have one already, create a default vmail profile directory

# mkdir -p ~/.vmail/default

Create a .vmailrc file in ~/.vmail/default

username: your_email_address@gmail.com
password: google_app_password_you_generated
name: Your Name Here
signature: |
  --
  Sent from Vmail. http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html

Usage

# docker run --it -rm -v ~/.vmail:/home/vmail/.vmail davewongillies/vmail:latest

If you have another profile under ~/.vmail you can execute it with:

# docker run --it -rm -e VMAIL_HOME=~/.vmail/another_profile -v ~/.vmail:/home/vmail/.vmail davewongillies/vmail:latest