diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcee5c8..1a2cb13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ emacs/flycheck_init.el
 /emacs/elisa/
 /emacs/perspectives
 /emacs/persist/
+/emacs/network-security.data
diff --git a/emacs/feature/feature-email.el b/emacs/feature/feature-email.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..397f7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs/feature/feature-email.el
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+;;; feature-email.el -- email
+;;;
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Because ya gotta...
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'module-notmuch)
+
+(provide 'feature-email)
+;;; feature-km.el ends here.
diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
index a0056e1..4b49c47 100644
--- a/emacs/init.el
+++ b/emacs/init.el
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 (require 'feature-feeds)           ; read newsfeeds
 (require 'feature-bsgen)           ; bullshit generators
 (require 'feature-finance)         ; damn that money!
+(require 'feature-email)           ; because ya gotta...
 
 (require 'server)
 (if (not (server-running-p))
diff --git a/emacs/module/module-denote.el b/emacs/module/module-denote.el
index 59e8030..1fac853 100644
--- a/emacs/module/module-denote.el
+++ b/emacs/module/module-denote.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 (pkg/require 'denote)
 
-(setq denote-directory "~/eris/notes")
+(setq denote-directory "~/eris/notes/")
 
 (with-eval-after-load 'denote
 
diff --git a/emacs/module/module-notmuch.el b/emacs/module/module-notmuch.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f559092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs/module/module-notmuch.el
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+;;; module-notmuch.el --- for email processing
+;;;
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; notmuch email
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(pkg/require 'notmuch)
+
+;; minor scope creep... oh well.
+(require 'smtpmail)
+(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
+      smtpmail-smtp-server "alioth.uberspace.de"
+      smtpmail-smtp-service 587
+      smtpmail-stream-type 'starttls
+			user-mail-address "me@lkn.uber.space"
+			user-full-name "Levi Neely")
+
+
+(provide 'module-notmuch)
+;;; module-qt.el ends here.