Re: IMAP + Agent

[Vijay Lakshminarayanan <laksvij@gmail.com>]

Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

> I've posted numerous time about using Gnus with imap and agent using
> multiple email accounts at the same provider. It doesnt work. Each time
> the replies were vague, requently at odds with each other of the form
> "should work" or "IMAP doesn work with the agent". What is the real
> state of play these days? e.g
>
> ,----
> |    (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> |                 '(nnimap "riley"
> |                          (nnir-search-engine imap)
> |                          (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
> |                          ))
> |    (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> |                 '(nnimap "shamrockpub"
> |                          (nnir-search-engine imap)
> |                          (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
> |                          ))
> |    
> |    (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> |                 '(nnimap "friends"
> |                          (nnir-search-engine imap)
> |                          (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
> |                          ))
> `----
>
> where my authinfo.gpg contains server specific authentication
> credentials based on the "logical" server name above (riley,shamrockpub
> and friends).
>
> When the agent is enabled for these servers then all 3 show the same
> message counts.
>
> So, I should give up or it will maybe one day work as it should work now?

I have multiple gmail accounts setup in pretty much the way you've
described above with the exception that mine actually works.  Below is
my setup, adjusted for actual account names, of course.

===== .gnus =====
(require 'nnir)

(setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "laksvij"
                                  (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
                                  (nnimap-server-port 993)
                                  (nnimap-stream ssl)
                                  (nnir-search-engine imap)))

;;; Configure secondary emails
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
             '(nnimap "another"
                      (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
                      (nnimap-server-port 993)
                      (nnimap-stream ssl)
                      (nnir-search-engine imap)))

(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
             '(nnimap "yetanother"
                      (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
                      (nnimap-server-port 993)
                      (nnimap-stream ssl)
                      (nnir-search-engine imap)))

(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
             '(nnimap "stillanother"
                      (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
                      (nnimap-server-port 993)
                      (nnimap-stream ssl)
                      (nnir-search-engine imap)))

===== .authinfo.gpg =====
machine laksvij login laksvij@gmail.com password haha port 993
machine another login another@gmail.com password yeahright port 993
machine yetanother login yetanother@gmail.com password dumbpassword port 993
machine stillanother login still.another@gmail.com password stealit port 993

I'm using (gnus-version) "Gnus v5.13"

Hope this helps.

-- 
Cheers
~vijay

Gnus should be more complicated.