Re: [Q] multiple nnimap server entries in 5.8.4

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:
> 
> > But gnus-secondary-select-methods, is set in this manner:
> > 	(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
> > 	      '((nnml "") (nnimap "tyr.metis.no")))
> > 
> > If I change the second entry there, it should fix things, I hope.
> 
> I'm not sure if nnimap can use the name as the server host -- I always
> thought one had to specify the host name in an extra nnimap-address
> parameter.

No, `(nnimap "mymailserver")' is quite OK.  (But it does result in
long group names, so people might prefer `(nnimap "" (nnimap-address
"mymailserver"))' anyway.)

> Also, I think the result of `G e' should be "nnimap:foo" (with the
> quotes but without any parens!) rather than (nnimap "foo"
> (nnimap-address "blarfl")) (with parens and all).

Either should work (the first is preferable though), the only thing to
be aware of if it's `(nnimap "foo")' and your server really is
`(nnimap "foo" (lotsaparams)'. Gnus would then create a temporary
server which lead to performance problems.

> Recent versions of nnimap should do this automatically -- if you find
> a way to subscribe a group where this doesn't work, tell Simon about
> it.  But maybe the "nnimap:foo" syntax is only used for secondary
> servers rather than for foreign servers?  Hm.  Simon?

Right. If the group is on the primary server it just says "native".