Re: imaps, and .authinfo port name/number?

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

"Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, jas@extundo.com wrote:
>
>> The magic translation "SSL means port 993" happen inside imap.el, so
>> the netrc code in nnimap.el believe it will be using port 143.  I
>> suppose this isn't ideal, but changing things will likely be backwards
>> incompatible.  And as IMAPS is supposed to go away, I'd argue that the
>> Right Thing here is to use STARTTLS instead of IMAPS.
>
> Maybe this patch will make things easier by just taking any 'imaps'
> password and using it for 'imap' authentication (if the 'imap'
> password is not given)?

Yup.  Please install.  Could you update the manual too?

> Ted
>
> Index: nnimap.el
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> RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/nnimap.el,v
> retrieving revision 7.6
> diff -r7.6 nnimap.el
> 764c764,769
> <                                    port "imap")))
> ---
>>                                    port "imap")
>>                     (netrc-machine list server port "imaps")
>>                     (netrc-machine list
>>                                    (or nnimap-server-address
>>                                        nnimap-address)
>>                                    port "imaps")))