From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/74753 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: elp-wrapper sneaking into .newsrc.eld Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:29:52 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Message-ID: References: <874oarhp3v.fsf@uwo.ca> <87mxojx4ky.fsf@uwo.ca> <87tyir2404.fsf@uwo.ca> <1sr5dvp7nl.fsf@voll.uninett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291642524 30565 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2010 13:35:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:35:24 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M23109@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Dec 06 14:35:20 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPbDr-0002RF-FR for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:35:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PPbDn-0003u5-NW; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:35:15 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PPbDm-0003to-DR for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:35:14 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PPbDi-0005xb-1R for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:35:14 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1PPbDh-0001E3-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:35:09 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPbDd-0002Lj-DL for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:35:05 +0100 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.34.171.getinternet.no ([84.215.34.171]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:35:05 +0100 Original-Received: from larsi by cm-84.215.34.171.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:35:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.215.34.171.getinternet.no Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEUFAQEYBQa0RS79yVMC AAFjGRrvfz1jlcMMAAACWElEQVQ4jVWUS27rMAxFqcCeW+5jx40Caf4i1GMX8AIiBfQCZET7X0Iv ZSdtifzAI/Lyo5gMGWtFLD5YRkn6O1m21N9I2LKcLcNpma1N3vYKjJ73GdB6w1nE51tvqJeeE5HY M/dyJnZqngG4ZyFKgzDlD5NdrSAC0KeeyaShl2E8j67UGpz3idjcTpyYUUNaOYcaQIoTsmTMYAaC mdUiUbPiyQx2d8OyDT9ARNJNEr7EOD7AVAsxGr6lRvjRN7DFOFX6ZePHuEfEGF+gg3YYAMoeUg/v 3C3UfxI3gNdW21laumWh+wdbCaV6yeh+T7QgxFTM0I46EaQqe3qcp9P/k2cnkC9oM9AyKwO4e4cN +LUiF1I+wTLf47Vb2ORY3dX6rYEOuea3+Pj35WyO0UVZK1xIQ6Bv8dx9ZbuibRdq1CyLlkXv8Yx1 SkDbE8r6DR50cnq4mQKtt5vH+KmgDUQBAqCP9ylehxPGMdXfALl2ULephUxNY25DB+h15CqN6f4B JhxTP8AydwrKQKGETTWm1qBaN7/HcqOMcptEUYARouT3eL3RCNA2W3RHbViImBL12iFiqn/1gYgJ M/HZaZMHWHQhDRjfQmqRA8y0A6i3W+oPoDqsGofIC2iLpwYM/LigkmkPaA0qoIyaJpfWZ4MqflUw AhRvL08wP4GBhB94ewKi9QAsMnCYflLtwMiYrM3b9QXmiwIrafSW1+j+gMEIJ0TIZZIfcI+PwbhB Hxs5PsZXVQB+6B2ysWwT7i51M9yo6jIBhAJ/iI+8kTn+a2ab8HQID5aMgFq+AUel1wVDi7/2AAAA AElFTkSuQmCC Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Monsoon's _Monsoon (Featuring Sheila Chandra)_: "Eyes" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:erkokONRRtT2wYknmBQ+NDXwLjU= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:74753 Archived-At: Vegard Vesterheim writes: > Another reason is to simplify the process of using separate Gnusae > (across several computers/user accounts) for IMAP. Other IMAP clients > only needs the connection details for the IMAP server, and will fetch > the rest of the information from the server. > > To bootstrap a new Gnus, you need to take several steps > > - configure your .authinfo.gpg file for credentials This will be created automatically. > - configure the TLS mechanism (starttls, gnutls ...) Not necessary. nnimap should find that out by default. > - configure select methods in .gnus Yes... > - copy your ~/.newrc.eld > - copy some directories (~/News etc) Neither are necessary if you just use IMAP. Just putting (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com")) should be all that's necessary to start using IMAP on a new account. The rest you will be prompted for (credentials) or pulled from the IMAP server (the article data). -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen