On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:04:07 +0000
Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> Sharon,
> 
> you seem to be overcomplicating things.  The following excerpt from my
> .gnus.el file specifies various mailboxen:
> 
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")
>                                         (nnimap "work"
>                                                 (nnimap-address
> "outlook.office365.com") (nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
>                                                 (nnimap-stream ssl))
>                                         (nnimap "google"
>                                                 (nnimap-address
> "imap.gmail.com") (nnimap-server-port 993)
>                                                 (nnimap-stream ssl))
>                                         (nnimap "yahoo"
>                                                 (nnimap-address
> "imap.mail.yahoo.com") (nnimap-server-port 993)
>                                                 (nnimap-stream ssl))
>                                         )
>         gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")
>         )
> #+end_src
> 
> All the other information for each host is in the .authinfo file (user
> name, password).
> 
> Start with something like this and then build up, as others have
> suggested.
> 
> Note that the main select method is a dummy one.

Thanks for this Eric, it will be useful as I have several imap accounts
that I want to use, but how, and where do you call the .authinfo file
please? That is my main stumbling block at the moment with setting up
my gmail imap account.

Sharon.
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