Re: nnimap ignoring server options?

[Bruno Tavernier <tavernier.bruno@gmail.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@polydistortion.net> writes:
>
>> (nnimap "some.host.name"
>> 	(nnimap-address "10.x.y.z")
>> 	(nnimap-server-port imap)
>> 	(nnimap-stream network))
>>
>> ...but it seems that these configured things are never used - for
>> instance, if I change nnimap-address to be "localhost", I still see Gnus
>> saying in the echo area that it's making a TLS connection to
>> some.host.name instead.
>
> Are you sure that that's the server definition the groups use?  `G E' on
> a group to have a look.

I think the culprit is that Gnus force starttls if the server is
starttls capable. No matter if `nnimap-stream' is set to network.
Connecting from a vpn, ssh or localhost to a starttls capable server
*always* enable starttls.

I am refering to this portion of the code in nnimap.el
,----
| ;; If this is a STARTTLS-capable server, then sever the
| ;; connection and start a STARTTLS connection instead.
| (cond
|  ((and (or (and (eq nnimap-stream 'network)
|   (member "STARTTLS"
|    (nnimap-capabilities nnimap-object)))
`----

Could we assume that users who set (nnimap-stream network) know what
they're doing? :-)

-- 
Bruno