Re: authinfo and nnimap in gnus 5.8.7

[Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>]

Karsten Huneycutt <kph@duke.edu> writes:

> I'm doing this over an SSL connection, using stunnel (due to problems 
> with openssl) on port 10993 (and 4993, but one account at a time).

Port forwarding, then?

> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>       '((nnimap "acpub"
> 		(nnimap-address "localhost")
> 		(nnimap-server-port 10993)
> 		(nnimap-authenticator 'login)
                                      ^
> 		(nnimap-stream 'network)
                               ^
> 		(nnimap-list-pattern ( "INBOX" . "*"))
> 		(nnimap-expunge-on-close 'ask))))
                                         ^

Remove these.  You're quoting things twice.

> I have 
> 
> machine localhost port 10993 login kph password xxxx
> 
> in ~/.authinfo.  Using the password and login on port 10993 on localhost,
> I can log in manually.  However, gnus, under the Server buffer, says 
> "denied" for nnimap:acpub, no matter how many times I exit and restart 
> xemacs.  netstat shows that the connection is being made, and nnimap-debug 
> sheds no light on the problem.  Neither do any of the docs or the archives
> of this mailing list...
> 
> What do I need to do to get this to work?  I'd rather have it prompt
> me for a password than have it stored in a file anyway, so if I can get
> that, I'd be happy... 

Try setting `imap-log' and look that buffer to find out what's
actually being sent on the wire.

> Also, anyone using Cyrus, can you confirm that the list-pattern that I 
> have above will list all my mailboxes?

I use Cyrus and I don't set list-pattern at all.  It's mostly needed
when the server serve thousands and thousands of mailboxes that isn't
used for mail, Cyrus doesn't do this.