From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/33888 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Slawek Zak Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: nnimap password storage irritation Date: 24 Dec 2000 01:21:04 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87ofy2zn2n.fsf@pf39.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl> References: <87n1dn2kgn.fsf@pf39.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035169912 27505 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:11:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF1CFD04A1 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:25:34 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAB09858; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:21:44 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:20:59 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA01944 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:20:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl (prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl [148.81.80.7]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F195D04A1 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:21:09 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from pf39.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl (prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl [148.81.80.7]) by prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39117D04E for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 01:21:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (from zaks@localhost) by pf39.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBO0L4K02792; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 01:21:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from zaks) Content-MD5: 619a61535c0da1f22e554ed541a98041 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) XEmacs/21.1 (Channel Islands) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33888 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33888 On 23 Dec 2000, Simon Josefsson stated: > Slawek Zak writes: > >> Gnus asks for username and password every time the IMAP server closes >> connection. Despite the `yes' answered to `Store password for this >> session?'. Can someone fix it (or maybe this is intended behaviour)? > > It should only forget the password if the virtual server is closed (ie > `C' in server buffer) Would be great :) > if the IMAP server closes the connection it should automatically re-open the > connection and re-use the credentials. Credentials are stored in variables > `imap-username' and `imap-password' inside the " *nnimap* yourservername" > buffer. I don't have such a buffer when I use IMAP (but I do have "*Summary nnimap....." buffer when I enter any of imap groups). Here is relevant snippet from my setup: (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods .............. (nnimap "imap" (nnimap-address "") (nnimap-authenticator cram-md5)) ) /S