From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/18135 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pierfrancesco Caci Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: nnimap woes after debian upgrade Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:33:56 +0100 Organization: Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs Message-ID: <87r3g7ygwr.fsf@snoopy.tippete.net> References: <87ziux3mdo.fsf@snoopy.tippete.net> <87vb5k3khx.fsf@snoopy.tippete.net> Reply-To: Pierfrancesco Caci NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455953716 22502 80.91.229.3 (20 Feb 2016 07:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 07:35:16 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 08:35:08 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aX24I-0004aP-H2 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:35:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58891 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aX24H-0007G1-MJ for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 02:35:05 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!37.252.120.71.MISMATCH!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 58 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: wPTbMqq+ZJjYYC3IcdT2iw.user.gioia.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:TeLrPQlGf+NG6DNd281g9Xa+mCs= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:89265 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:18135 Archived-At: Hi Eric >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Abrahamsen writes: Eric> The error message says it all: change my\.imapserver\.it Eric> to the string Eric> "my.imapserver.it" and you should be fine. >> >> I've tried this by changing the variable from inside emacs >> configuration. I still get the escapes back when I save. Eric> Did you put quotes in explicitly when entering the server name? You Eric> should see the double quotes in the customization interface. >> Interestingly, I can access the server fine if I "browse remote server" >> and enter the required info manually Eric> When you enter the server name at the prompt, it's Eric> automatically treated Eric> as a string and quoted. oh... quotes! yes that worked, I can read mail from my remote server now, thanks! Interesting that this is now a requirement. Eric> If the upgrade is taking you through several new versions of Eric> Gnus, it's Eric> probably worth going back to the Gnus manual and reading the Eric> section on Eric> IMAP again, just to make sure you've got everything right. >> >> This is "the" manual, right? http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html Eric> You'll be best off using the in-Emacs info browser: "C-h i", and then Eric> "m" and "Gnus". That way you'll know that the manual you're reading Eric> corresponds to the Gnus you're using. Well, that's odd. I remember having the manual inside emacs and browsing it as you suggest, apparently is no longer there. I'm probably missing a .deb, but Chtulu knows which one :-) Anyway, thanks for the help, I've got my main mail working again so I'm happy. I can live with the local mail broken until I figure out what's wrong with dovecot. Pf Eric> HTH, Eric> Eric -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx