* pop :program change
@ 1999-02-03 16:08 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-02-12 7:36 ` Urban Engberg
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-02-03 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
More flexibility is needed when specifying programs to move mail, so
I've made a tiny format-spec library that allows one to specify this
in a more convenient way. So people who have used :program before
will experience breakage in 0.76.
Quoth the new manual:
`:program'
The program to use to fetch mail from the POP server. This
is should be a `format'-like string. Here's an example:
fetchmail %u@%s -P %p %t
The valid format specifier characters are:
`t'
The name of the file the mail is to be moved to. This
must always be included in this string.
`s'
The name of the server.
`P'
The port number of the server.
`u'
The user name to use.
`p'
The password to use.
The values used for these specs are taken from the values you
give the corresponding keywords.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: pop :program change
1999-02-03 16:08 pop :program change Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1999-02-12 7:36 ` Urban Engberg
1999-02-19 12:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Urban Engberg @ 1999-02-12 7:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
Going from 0.72, I can't get pop via movemail to work in 0.76, having
tried all sorts of different settings.
In 0.72, I have been using
nnmail-spool-file '("/usr/mail/ue" "po:ue")
nnmail-pop-password-required t
nnmail-pop-password "xxx"
(my MAILHOST environment variable sets the standard pop server).
For 0.76, reading the manual, I have been trying e.g.
nnmail-spool-file
'((file :path "/usr/mail/ue")
(pop :program "movemail"
:args (format "po:%s %s %s" ue mail-source-crash-box xxx)))
nnmail-spool-file
'((file :path "/usr/mail/ue")
(pop :program "movemail -p ue %t xxx"))
but neither is able to retrieve any mail.
--
ue@cci.dk
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* Re: pop :program change
1999-02-12 7:36 ` Urban Engberg
@ 1999-02-19 12:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <m3vhgyyu7u.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1999-02-22 7:42 ` Urban Engberg
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-02-19 12:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
Urban Engberg <ue@cci.dk> writes:
> For 0.76, reading the manual, I have been trying e.g.
>
> nnmail-spool-file
> '((file :path "/usr/mail/ue")
> (pop :program "movemail"
> :args (format "po:%s %s %s" ue mail-source-crash-box xxx)))
This has changed in 0.76:
`:program'
The program to use to fetch mail from the POP server. This
is should be a `format'-like string. Here's an example:
fetchmail %u@%s -P %p %t
The valid format specifier characters are:
`t'
The name of the file the mail is to be moved to. This
must always be included in this string.
`s'
The name of the server.
`P'
The port number of the server.
`u'
The user name to use.
`p'
The password to use.
The values used for these specs are taken from the values you
give the corresponding keywords.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: pop :program change
[not found] ` <m3vhgyyu7u.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
@ 1999-02-19 21:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <m390duyqst.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-02-19 21:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> One of the nice features of fetchmail is that it has 'preconnect' and
> 'postconnect' options for each server polled.
[...]
> Something like this in mail-source would be especially useful.
So should all the mail sources allow :preconnect and :postconnect (or
whatever) keywords? They could be format strings, like the :program
keyword. (They should have better names though. And perhaps allow
elisp functions as well.)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: pop :program change
1999-02-19 12:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <m3vhgyyu7u.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
@ 1999-02-22 7:42 ` Urban Engberg
1999-02-23 0:52 ` Aaron M. Ucko
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Urban Engberg @ 1999-02-22 7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> This has changed in 0.76:
Yes, I know. The problem is, I can't find a way to make pop via
movemail work with the new syntax (I had no problems in 0.72). I may
be somewhat confused by the new options. Has anyone got a setting
that does the right thing?
--
ue@cci.dk
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* Re: pop :program change
1999-02-22 7:42 ` Urban Engberg
@ 1999-02-23 0:52 ` Aaron M. Ucko
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aaron M. Ucko @ 1999-02-23 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Urban Engberg <ue@cci.dk> writes:
> Yes, I know. The problem is, I can't find a way to make pop via
> movemail work with the new syntax (I had no problems in 0.72). I may
> be somewhat confused by the new options. Has anyone got a setting
> that does the right thing?
(setq nnmail-spool-file '((pop :program "movemail po:%u %t")))
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
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