From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29816 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2020 23:10:59 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Sep 2020 23:10:59 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLDuX-00Fz3p-5Z; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:10:53 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLDuT-00Fz1w-TJ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:10:49 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLDuR-0083AD-5m for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:10:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=gws+pU5BYKkh1pox67PrnLmGhVO3TvjmWfCwif1Zocs=; b=jypcMNyTk1Pq/ca8/VrjWaYzfO onc5Ha7iQbN60lfsEruqemAzQV0TqRNSWumRB2hXF+qIJN85mCGwqIldvYQIuys/oVa9cJHdBdJYz xWsY7Ku70SYlEfcSxWPe9bCve4myM3cJnghdExiSq2YY3dHR/DkSzFdU5MYLtwiB4Nls=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLDuK-0006wz-Ol for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:10:43 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLDuK-0008Ld-5F for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:10:40 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Unpleasant catch 22 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:10:35 -0700 Message-ID: <87zh5gf5sk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GFvDrACKkGeJ1w0C2wHFtkL1RL0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Harry writes: > I get an error when starting gnus and after it begins mail/news scan > ... it ends in Authorization Rejected. So apparently a password not > working for on reason or another. However there is no indication of > which password. So normally I would start gnus and look in the server > buffer. However starting gnus results in news scan and the same > Authorization message... Gnus never finishes its startup. > > OK, I thought, I'll start` gnus-no-server' but I'll be darned if that > doesn't go to a news scan too. ( Why would there be a scan if there > are no servers?) > > (And by the way gnus is running with `debug on error' and `debug on > quit' engaged) > > At least the ending during `gnus-no-server' startup is not about > Authorization but appearantly, after a very lengthy (more than 15 > minutes) I finally hit Ctrl-g. No Backtrace is generated it simiply > says `quit' > > I guess a couple of things are raised with this behavior but can > someone at least tell me how to get a gnus interface without any > news/mail scanning so I can do other chks? Try `gnus-unplugged'? That might depend on what you've got agentized, though. Let us know what servers you have configured, and which require authorization? And did this problem start after some change? After an Emacs update? Out of the blue?