From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/77648 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus and Gmail? Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:37 +0100 Organization: aich tea tea pea dicky riley dot net Message-ID: <6rlj0n30ya.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> References: <87oc5mg9lx.fsf@gandalf.home.thebuble.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1299741068 20924 80.91.229.12 (10 Mar 2011 07:11:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:11:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Bill Harris Original-X-From: ding-owner+M25971@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Mar 10 08:11:04 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa1X-0007dP-Rk for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa19-0005JD-5i; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:10:39 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa17-0005Ir-7z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:10:37 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa15-0000ag-S0 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:10:36 -0600 Original-Received: from [85.183.18.158] (helo=asus1015pem) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa14-0001qi-Nl for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:34 +0100 Original-Received: from shamrock by asus1015pem with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxa1X-0005tS-Ef; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:11:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Bill Harris's message of "Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:19:01 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110014 (No Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -0.2 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:77648 Archived-At: Bill Harris writes: > Just an update: while most here seem to advise IMAP or fetch/procmail, I got > POP3 to work. It turns out I had some variables defined in .gnus / .emacs and > others defined via customize. When I fixed a few inconsistencies, it seems to > download just fine, and mail splitting works. > > I have two open problems, I think: > > - My topics don't show up, and I haven't figured out what file I need to copy > over from my old machine to make that work. > > - Sending email doesn't work yet. > > If anyone has a clue what files I need to have copied from my old machine to my > new to make it all work (except perhaps sending mail; that's a different > problem), I'd be grateful. > > Since I did forget to grab .newsrc / .newsrc.eld and .newsrc-dribble, I'm > thinking of deleting the ~/Mail directory on the new machine, copying _all_ the > files from the old machine, and re-running POP3. > > When this is all done, I'll have Gmail delete emails after I read them. Out of interest, why not use nnimap? This way your [g,e]mail in gnus will properly sync with the server and thus across all machines "live" as you read them. I used to use a fetchmail/pop3 solution but imo the nnnimap solution is far cleaner, easier, more efficient and robust if you use multiple clients/machines etc. Regarding sending, have you installed exim and gnutls? If using debian for example you need to properly configure exim as an internet node using dpkg-reconfigure. More info? Try googling them and you'll find a wealth of similar experiences I daresay ;) I know I fell foul of the default exim setup recently when I installed a new laptop. Your topics should be in your .newsrc.eld afaik. I have the dribble turned off since I only use gnus as a mail client reading my Mail structures. see the variable gnus-use-dribble-file. hth, regards r.