From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54493 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Help With Select Method Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:29:56 +0100 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <76k76qfztj.fsf@newjersey.ppllc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067362234 29706 80.91.224.253 (28 Oct 2003 17:30:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:30:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3034@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Oct 28 18:30:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AEXfs-0002sH-00 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:30:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AEXfW-00083e-00; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:30:10 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AEXfS-00083Z-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:30:06 -0600 Original-Received: from yxa.extundo.com (178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net [217.13.230.178]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214BD3A0060 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:30:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from latte (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9SHU11e024161; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:30:02 +0100 Original-To: David Hanak Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:031028:dhanak@inf.bme.hu:dc2969b22ade04c7 X-Hashcash: 0:031028:dhanak@inf.bme.hu:dc2969b22ade04c7 X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:031028:ding@gnus.org:aec2d6ee5d55f1ff X-Hashcash: 0:031028:ding@gnus.org:aec2d6ee5d55f1ff In-Reply-To: (David Hanak's message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:03:26 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54493 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54493 David Hanak writes: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Jake Colman wrote: > >> Is there a better way to do this? How can I configure things if I want my >> primary to be an IMAP server and to not have a news server? > > It is not mandatory to have an nntp server declared as a primary select > method. I, for one, have nnml as my primary select method, an nnmaildir as > my only secondary select method, and several nntp servers configured as > foreign servers (i.e., not appearing in .gnus, just added to the list of > servers). > > So try: > > (setq gnus-select-method > '(nnimap "hamilton" > (nnimap-list-pattern "*") > (nnimap-expunge-on-close always) > )) > > It should work fine. But don't forget to C-k all existing nnimap groups before the move, otherwise there will be trouble. Generally, I think it is better to use a nnil primary server, and have all servers as secondary.