Re: Can't access local imap account: GNUTls error

[Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>]

On Mar  4, 2016, Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> wrote:

> I have noticed something that might be the same bug.  I have a remote
> IMAP server that is set up like this:
>
>   (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
>            '(nnimap "foo"
>                     (nnimap-address "foo.com")
>                     (nnimap-stream shell)
>                     (nnimap-shell-program "ssh %s /usr/lib/dovecot/imap")
>                     ))
>
> However, when I start Gnus and try to open a group nnimap+foo:mygroup
> that uses this server, it usually tries to connect via tls.  Then I
> fiddle around for a while, kill Gnus and restart a few times, and
> eventually it works.  I haven't figured out the pattern, but it seems
> to not see my server definition and fall back onto a default.  Maybe
> the same is happening for you.
>
> The good news is that once it works, it stays working for that Gnus
> session.  Luckily I leave Gnus running for weeks at a time...

Just for you, I exited Gnus (gasp) to test this a bit more.  If I start
Gnus and try to activate a group on that server with `M-g', it tries to
use tls and fails.  But if I instead do `3 g' to activate all groups at
level 3, it works.  (The only groups I have from that server are on
level 3, and I start Gnus with `(gnus 2 t)', which is like
gnus-no-server, only activating groups up to level 2.)

Dan