+;; mail setup
+;; ==========
+
+(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "core.plomlompom.com")
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-service 465)
+(setq smtpmail-stream-type 'ssl)
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-user "plom")
+(setq mml-secure-openpgp-encrypt-to-self t)
+(add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'mml-secure-sign-pgpmime)
+
+;; constructs From: domain if mail composer directly called (from without
+;; notmuch), but we don't actually intend to do that
+;(setq mail-host-address "plomlompom.com")
+
+;; otherwise notmuch becomes extremely slow in some cases
+(setq-default notmuch-show-indent-content nil)
+
+;; this only works if we use notmuch-mua-send instead of message-send
+(setq notmuch-fcc-dirs '(("plom@plomlompom.com" . "maildir/Sent")))
+
+;; this gets rid of "i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me"
+;; in the message ID
+(setq mail-host-address "plomlompom.com")
+
;; org mode
;; ========