From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/5716 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthias Buelow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: problems reading IMAP mail Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:01:16 +0200 Message-ID: <861x3iuodf.fsf@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138671393 28578 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:36:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:36:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:35:43 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed.gazeta.pl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de IRtgqcgktWvwFSUHlbvMPQNYmAZOWPFC2i79xVhVCWjxjsJhg6fFLyINLB User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:isVnsWD18oUmotZaIUy9hZXWFKg= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:5858 Original-Lines: 19 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 5858 Tue Jan 17 17:35:43 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:5716 Archived-At: David Nash writes: >>Why don't you use fetchmail? >I gather this comes with emacs v22 (and not in v21)? No, fetchmail is separate software to fetch mail from about any configuration of POP or IMAP server onto your local machine. See also: http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ >As I said >>I am using emacs over ssh so I don't control what software is on the host >As the current stable release of emacs is 21.4 (true?), and the site >doesn't like to instal beta software, I'm looking for a solution with >Gnus v5.9.0 and Emacs 21.4.1. OK, maybe I have to try convincing the >admin of the university machine to install Gnus 5.10.... Hmm.. you cannot install some stuff in your home directory? mkb.