From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7627 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Saklad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: For the complete novice without knowledge of code how to deal with the code for setting up mail in gnus Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:31:54 GMT Message-ID: <5ibqs7besd.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <5i4py4jdwg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <7abf1$44a859f0$49fa2da$22944@DIALUPUSA.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151894433 3014 80.91.229.2 (3 Jul 2006 02:40:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 03 04:40:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxEMK-0000pV-5h for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxEMJ-0004U0-E6 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:40:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feedme.ziplink.net!petpeeve.ziplink.net!not-for-mail Original-Sender: dsaklad@gnu.org Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 56 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.232.76.164 Original-X-Trace: petpeeve.ziplink.net 1151893914 199.232.76.164 (Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:31:54 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:31:54 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77812 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7627 Archived-At: Thank you Ed. B. T. Raven ! In the future, how could gnus be developed to automatically setup for users' mail?... even with all the variable predicaments. The difficulty of giving code for novices to add is that the other things that could happen require further complicated steps for the novice. For the complete novice without good knowledge of code, how can setting up mail in gnus be explained? There's got to be an easier way of explaining what some think to be unexplainable. So you don't know lisp, here's another explanation you can try... See if this works... Okay, and that explanation is... Would there be any how to set up mail in gnus for the complete novice that doesn't require knowledge of code?... or that could make it even more clear than what we get at http://www.google.com/search?q=gnus+email Either add the following to your .emacs or evaluate it with C-x C-e, C-j or whatever is appropriate in the buffer's context: (setq user-full-name "your name") ;; an arbitrary string works here (setq user-mail-address user@yourisp.com) ;; replace with your isp assigned user name @ isp name (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.yourisp.com") ;; if this doesn't work get the correct string from another mail program (i.e. Outlook) (setq smtpmail-local-domain nil) (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) (load-library "smtpmail") (setenv "MAILHOST" "mail.isp.com") ;; or whatever: see above (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list '("user@yourisp.com") rmail-pop-password-required t) (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.isp.com")) ;; or get string from a mail program known to work. This might not belong in .emacs but in .gnus or something (load-library "message") (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) Then try M-x gnus. Something should work. If there is a gnus wizard following this thread, I have a question too: How can I use one email address for mail and one for news, using gnus for both? Ed.