From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1203 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2021 06:07:38 -0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (209.51.188.17) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Oct 2021 06:07:38 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::1]:50338 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZoTF-0006vh-3b for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:07:34 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZoT4-0006vT-Ng for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:07:22 -0400 Received: from mail.cafax.se ([192.71.228.22]:58597) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZoT2-0007V3-A0 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:07:21 -0400 Received: from hiptop.liman.net (vpn01-stb.sth.netnod.se [192.71.80.86]) (Authenticated sender: liman@cafax.se) by mail.cafax.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 48F7F4821E for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:07:15 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hiptop.liman.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by hiptop.liman.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B522FB5A1B for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:07:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from liman@cafax.se) From: Lars-Johan Liman To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Subject: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no? Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:07:15 +0200 Message-ID: <22ee8sumb0.fsf@hiptop.liman.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (darwin) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=192.71.228.22; envelope-from=liman@cafax.se; helo=mail.cafax.se X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Sender: "info-gnus-english" Hi! I have used Gnus for mail for many a good year, and I have several mail sources. One of them is only reachable if I access it over VPN. (Don't ask!) Occasionally I forget to enable the VPN before accessing my mail, and the attempt to pick up mail from that particular server will fail. Fair enough, my problem. But when that happens, the mail-fetching process interrupts itself and I get a follow-up question from GNUS, along the lines of ... Mail source (imap :server xxx.xxx :stream tls :authentication ...) error (IMAP error: nil). Continue? (yes or no) It seems to make no difference what so ever whether I answer yes or no to the question. Regardless of which, Gnus will continue to fetch mail from the next source from the list in my mail-sources variable. My question: how is my answer (yes/no) used? (Which are the consequences of responding yes or no, respectively?) Best regards, /Liman