Re: nnimap and Exchange 2007

[Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com>]

Ted,

First, thanks for getting back to me.

I have not updated my gnus from a nightly snapshot since Feb 28 yet I seem to already have the fix that you say you just committed.  Am I missing something here?  Now I'm confused!

How do I use this suggested setup of your's?  What will it do for me exactly?  I currently use nnimap-split rules to split my email into folders on the IMAP server.  If I do what you suggested as a workaround, what will change and how do I work with it?

Thanks.

...Jake


-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Zlatanov [mailto:tzz@lifelogs.com]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:49 AM
To: Jake Colman
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: nnimap and Exchange 2007

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:27:25 -0400 Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> wrote:

Jake> As of yesterday, we have moved from Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007
Jake> and now Gnus won't work.

Jake> Yes, I have found the postings that indicate that nnimap won't work
with
Jake> Exchange 2007 and that it's Microsoft's fault.  Great.  But is there
Jake> anything I can do?

Jake> I googled and found a posting from Ted Zlatanov discussing "setting up
Jake> an IMAP mail source that Gnus uses to download new mail into a local
Jake> Maildir".  I've emailed him but maybe someone on this list (or Ted if
he
Jake> sees this before he seems my email) can tell me what needs to be done?

Jake> I have well over 10 years experience with using Gnus to do my email
Jake> processing.  I really can't stand the thought of doing it any other
way.

I know the feeling.  Well, my settings are:

  (setq
   gnus-select-method '(nnmaildir "home"
                                  (directory "~/Maildir")
                                  (directory-files
nnheader-directory-files-safe)
                                  (get-new-mail t))
   mail-sources
      '((imap
         :server "myserver"
         :stream tls
         :predicate "UNSEEN UNDELETED"
         :fetchflag "\\Seen"))
   )

I think that's all you need, but merge it carefully into your own setup.

I checked in an IMAP fix from Michael Harnois just now that may make
IMAP on Exchange 2007 OK for you.  I don't use Exchange as an IMAP
server myself, I've already set things up as you see above, so make sure
to report any problems you find if you go that route.

Ted