From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40703 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: imap folder for outgoing messages Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:02:33 +0100 (CET) Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035176213 2335 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:56:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 14463 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2001 19:05:52 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 4 Dec 2001 19:05:52 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16BKqo-00083v-00; Tue, 04 Dec 2001 13:03:30 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 04 Dec 2001 13:03:17 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA00053 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:03:08 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 14436 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2001 19:03:16 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 14431 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2001 19:03:15 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO slipsten.extundo.com) (195.42.214.241) by gnus.org with SMTP; 4 Dec 2001 19:03:15 -0000 Original-Received: from localhost (jas@localhost) by slipsten.extundo.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB4J2X716848; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:02:34 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: slipsten.extundo.com: jas owned process doing -bs Original-To: Niklas Morberg In-Reply-To: Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40703 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40703 On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Niklas Morberg wrote: > I store my outgoing messages in an imap folder. The problem > is that not all messages will be stored there. When sending > a message, gnus tries to open the imap server (only for the > copy, I send messages using SMTP) and sometimes* fails. My > *message* buffer says: > > Sending... > Sending via mail... > Opening nnimap server on nil... > imap: Connecting to ...failed > Opening nnimap server on nil...failed > > My server buffer tells me I have three nnimap servers: > > {nnfolder:archive} (opened) > {nnimap:nil} (denied) Where does this server come from? Do you really have a server named "nil"? Sounds like a bug somewhere. Was Gnus started when this happened, or did you just start emacs and M-x mail'ed? How do you store outgoing message in a imap group? Eplicit GCC, gnus-outgoing-message-group, or ...?