From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/84393 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Setting up gmail Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:30:25 +0000 Message-ID: <87fvm62uub.fsf@talktalk.net> References: <87a9cf4d5u.fsf@talktalk.net> <87d2haejjs.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <20140325093426.10858b92@london> <874n2med5c.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395759215 31149 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2014 14:53:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:53:35 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M32639@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Mar 25 15:53:46 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSjX-00087C-Ag for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:53:43 +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 1WSSjR-0002cr-La; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSjQ-0002cf-FU for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSjP-0003e2-4p for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSjK-0007tN-Ve for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:53:31 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSSjI-0007o9-Ra for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:53:28 +0100 Original-Received: from host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net ([92.20.151.135]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:53:28 +0100 Original-Received: from boudiccas by host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:53:28 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 44 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-20-151-135.as13285.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GN7pC8iFA3TpC0f8MCbveBHffLY= X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:84393 Archived-At: Eric S Fraga writes: > Sharon Kimble writes: > >> Thanks for this Eric, it will be useful as I have several imap accounts >> that I want to use, but how, and where do you call the .authinfo file >> please? That is my main stumbling block at the moment with setting up >> my gmail imap account. > > I am not sure what you mean by "calling" the authinfo file. In my case, > gnus automatically checks for and then reads my .authinfo.gpg file (I > have mine encrypted and I recommend you do so as well but it's not > necessary). > > What happens if you start with an absolutely minimal .gnus.el file, > based on what I posted before? Does gnus not find your authinfo file > and process it? I have used this in my '.gnus.el' ,---- | (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "") | (nnimap "google" | (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com") | (nnimap-server-port 993) | (nnimap-stream ssl)) | ) | gnus-select-method '(nnnil "") | ) `---- And although it doesn't state it in the messages buffer, it fails on the authentication, and shows in the 'server' buffer - {nnimap:google} (denied) This is with a properly formatted ~/.authinfo with all the relevant information in it. BUT THE WRONG PASSWORD! Doh! Sorry! Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.1