Re: auth-source problem

[nyc4bos@aol.com]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:47:31 -0500 nyc4bos@aol.com wrote: 
>
> n> Unable to open server nnimap+aol due to: Invalid function: 993
>
> n> auth-source.el doesn't show up (not prompting) for AOL at all and
> n> I do NOT have it in my ~/.authinfo.gpg file so I think at least
> n> this problem is related to auth-source.el
>
> You were right and I finally found the problem.  nnimap.el traps the
> error so you don't know it came from auth-source.el (actually from
> `replace-regexp-in-string' which tries to evaluate non-string
> arguments).  I believe it's fixed now.

Yes, it's fixed now with the patch in git that I obtained.

Thanks for hunting this bug down!

One issue I still have though:

The prompt says:

   IMAP user at imap.gmail.com:


I think that the prompt should have the default user showing.

Before, you were able to specify in your gnus-(secondary)-select-methods:

...
        (nnimap "aol"
                (nnimap-address "imap.aim.com")
                (nnimap-server-port 993)
                (nnimap-stream ssl)
                (imap-default-user "nyc4bos"))


This was when nnimap used imap.el but I think a `nnimap-username' should
be defined (`nil' as the default, meaning use '(user-login-name)' as per
auth-source.el if found in authinfo(.gpg), netrc, or `nnimap-username'
is not set).

I believe it was Katsumi Yamaoka that provided such a patch to
nnimap.el using:

(defvoo nnimap-username nil
  "The IMAP username used to login.")

(defun nnimap-credentials (address ports &optional username)
...


In any event, I think that `(user-login-name)' should at least
show up in the prompt if not `nnimap-username'.

(Yes, I realize that it will use `(user-login-name)' if you just
hit RET at the prompt even if it doesn't originally show it.

I think you also rseponded to Stefan in bug#8050 that you fixed
this (showing the default user) but I can't seem to find that patch
in either git or bzr as of yet).

Thanks.