From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40752 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter.Weiss@germany.sun.com (Peter Weiss, Sun Microsystems, Germany) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus IMAP mail access Date: 06 Dec 2001 11:23:38 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035176253 2580 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:57:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Peter.Weiss@germany.sun.com (Peter Weiss, Sun Microsystems, Germany), ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 6036 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2001 16:37:22 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 2001 16:37:22 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16C1U6-0001Z0-00; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:34:54 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:34:40 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from epithumia.math.uh.edu (epithumia.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.2]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10280 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:34:32 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from tibbs@localhost) by epithumia.math.uh.edu (8.11.2/8.11.1) id fB6GYeR17031 for ding@hpc.uh.edu; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:34:40 -0600 Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA09216 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 04:23:45 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 28565 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2001 10:23:52 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 28560 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2001 10:23:52 -0000 Original-Received: from patan.sun.com (192.18.98.43) by gnus.org with SMTP; 6 Dec 2001 10:23:52 -0000 Original-Received: from sun-gy.Germany.Sun.COM ([129.157.128.5]) by patan.sun.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA28301; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 03:23:30 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from Winona.Germany.Sun.com (winona [129.157.133.118]) by sun-gy.Germany.Sun.COM (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3/ENSMAIL,v2.1p1) with ESMTP id LAA12940; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:23:44 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (from pw105345@localhost) by Winona.Germany.Sun.com (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) id fB6ANdT11860; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:23:39 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: winona.Germany.Sun.com: pw105345 set sender to Peter.Weiss@Germany.Sun.com using -f Original-To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 55 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40752 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40752 Thanks Kai for answering! >>>>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:43:55 +0100, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) said: Kai> Peter.Weiss@germany.sun.com (Peter Weiss, Sun Microsystems, Germany) writes: >> o Setting gnus-select-method/ gnus-secondary-select-methods/ mail-sources >> in the .gnus file. This is inconvenient for accessing temporary mail >> boxes. Kai> Maybe. Kai> Mail-sources is not relevant for IMAP, though. >> o Using the gnus-group-make-* functions bound to the G * keys. This does >> not include the possibility for accessing IMAP groups. Kai> No, `G m' needs a server already. So you have to create a server. Kai> You can create a server via gnus-secondary-select-methods or as a Kai> foreign server. >> o Using B (gnus-browse-foreign-server) After specifying server/ login/ >> password I get the following buffer but I'm unable to select the INBOX: >> >> [...] >> Mark set >> call-interactively: Buffer is read-only: # Kai> Strange. Have no idea how come. Now this works, after having entered it with an alternate name of the server. I think during my experiments there went something wrong -- just mystic. >> o Using the server buffer. Currently my server buffer looks like this: >> >> [...] >> >> I think there are obsolete entries (How do delete entries in this >> buffer?). As far as I understand gnus this should be the best way to >> reach my goal. Editing the nnimap:cores group, I'm not sure how to >> specify the name and password of the common account. There's nothing >> said about this on the IMAP info page. Kai> You don't have to specify user and passwd; Gnus will ask you. But if Kai> you don't want to type it, you can put it in ~/.authinfo. When selecting an opened connection to the IMAP server I only get a error signal without any error message. Thanks anyway -- Peter -- Consultant der CLASS AG http://www.class.de Technical Services mobil +49 (0) 172/837 91 25 mailto:Peter.Weiss@class.de