Re: My imap is broken. I'm an ignorant, old user.

[William Goedicke <goedicke@goedsole.com>]

Dear Simon - 

I checked with the mail admin and they added kerberos authentication
to their mail system over the weekend.  IMAP over SSL is still
supported and I'd just as soon continue to get my mail that way.

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Can you quote the exact error?  

"Mail source error ((invalid-argument datum not string or error symbol nil)).  Continue?"

> If you set debug-on-quit and press C-g at the mail source error
> prompt what backtrace do you get?

Signaling: (quit)
  signal(quit nil)
  read-from-minibuffer("Mail source error ((invalid-argument datum not string or error symbol nil)).  Continue? (yes or no) " nil #<keymap minibuffer-local-map size 14 0xde0> nil t nil nil)
  read-string("Mail source error ((invalid-argument datum not string or error symbol nil)).  Continue? (yes or no) " nil t)
  yes-or-no-p-minibuf("Mail source error ((invalid-argument datum not string or error symbol nil)).  Continue? ")
  yes-or-no-p("Mail source error ((invalid-argument datum not string or error symbol nil)).  Continue? ")
  byte-code("..." [err yes-or-no-p format "Mail source error (%s).  Continue? " error "Cannot get new mail." 0] 4)
  mail-source-fetch((imap :server "imap.staff.brandeis.edu" :password "PASSWORD" :stream ssl :user "goedicke") (lambda (file orig-file) (nnmail-split-incoming file (quote nnml-save-mail) (quote nil) (nnmail-get-split-group orig-file source) (quote nnml-active-number))))
  nnmail-get-new-mail(nnml nnml-save-nov "~/Mail/" nil)
  nnml-request-scan(nil "private")
  gnus-request-scan(nil (nnml "private"))
  gnus-read-active-file-1((nnml "private") nil)
  gnus-read-active-file()
  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news)
  recursive-edit()
  byte-code("..." [print-escape-newlines print-length debugger-buffer debugger-value standard-output debugger-args pop-to-buffer erase-buffer t 50 backtrace debugger-mode re-search-forward "\n[* ] debug(" 1 debugger-reenable (lambda debug) "Entering:\n" debug backtrace-debug 3 delete-char ?* 0 exit "Return value: " prin1 ?\n ?\  error "Signaling: " "Beginning evaluation of function call form:\n" nil message "" recursive-edit buffer-read-only inhibit-trace] 3)
  debug(error (error "Not over a window."))
  signal(error ("Not over a window."))
  cerror("Not over a window.")
  apply(cerror "Not over a window." nil)
  error("Not over a window.")
  mouse-track(#<buttondown-event button1>)
  call-interactively(mouse-track)

> Also setting imap-log and posting the contents of *imap-log* helps.

depth=0 /C=US/ST=Massachusetts/L=Waltham/O=Brandeis University/OU=Information Technology Services/CN=imap.staff.brandeis.edu
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=US/ST=Massachusetts/L=Waltham/O=Brandeis University/OU=Information Technology Services/CN=imap.staff.brandeis.edu
verify error:num=27:certificate not trusted
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=US/ST=Massachusetts/L=Waltham/O=Brandeis University/OU=Information Technology Services/CN=imap.staff.brandeis.edu
verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate
verify return:1
CONNECTED(00000003)
---
Certificate chain
 0 s:/C=US/ST=Massachusetts/L=Waltham/O=Brandeis University/OU=Information Technology Services/CN=imap.staff.brandeis.edu
   i:/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting cc/OU=Certification Services Division/CN=Thawte Server CA/Email=server-certs@thawte.com
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/C=US/ST=Massachusetts/L=Waltham/O=Brandeis University/OU=Information Technology Services/CN=imap.staff.brandeis.edu
issuer=/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting cc/OU=Certification Services Division/CN=Thawte Server CA/Email=server-certs@thawte.com
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 954 bytes and written 300 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DES-CBC3-SHA
Server public key is 1024 bit
SSL-Session:
    Protocol  : SSLv3
    Cipher    : DES-CBC3-SHA
    Session-ID: 8374C83397430E4481B0203A68C2757C3594625512DEB52BDEA6A700027957D5
    Session-ID-ctx: 
    Master-Key: E13215045B744477D3D9F781C14D2B373266D40DCC35A084C6B974ABBF4A04C2C2B179A2A72213F5ED8BCC87C9C055F1
    Key-Arg   : None
    Start Time: 1042040778
    Timeout   : 7200 (sec)
    Verify return code: 21 (unable to verify the first certificate)
---
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=GSSAPI AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] imap.staff.brandeis.edu IMAP4rev1 2001.315unet16 at Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:47:01 -0500 (EST)
1 CAPABILITY
* CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=GSSAPI AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
1 OK CAPABILITY completed
2 LOGOUT
* BYE larry.unet.brandeis.edu IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection
2 OK LOGOUT completed
read:errno=0

     Yours -      Billy

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     William Goedicke     goedicke@goedsole.com            
                          http://www.goedsole.com:8080      
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