a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[Martin]

1. what do I need to add to .emacs to send email from my gmail account.
At the moment, if I try to send something, it shouws my username and my
hostname in the From: field (instead of username and gmail.com
I've got my ~/.authinfo in place


that's the relevant bit of my .emacs


(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.virginmedia.com"))
(setq gnus-secondary-select-method '(nnimap "gmail"
(nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
(nnimap-server-port 993)
(nnimap-stream ssl)))


(setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
    smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil))
    smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587
"myusername@gmail.com" nil))
    smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
    smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
    smtpmail-smtp-service 587
    smtpmail-local-domain "yourcompany.com")




2. How can I subscribe to particular groups?
3. Can I remove the line about local-domain?

thank you very much in advance

-- 
regards

Martin

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[.Martin.]

Ok, I've found the answers.
-- 
regards

.Martin.

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[Adam Sjøgren]

On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:57:06 +0000, .Martin. wrote:

> Ok, I've found the answers.

Could you share them, in case someone stumbles over your questions while
searching for the same answers?


  Thanks,

    Adam

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 "Money always takes the place of life"                       Adam Sjøgren
                                                         asjo@koldfront.dk

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[.Martin.]

When it comes to subsribing to newsgroups, I created a file ~/.newsrc
and included the names of newsgroups I know I want to subscribe to.
Alternatively, there is such an option in emacs/gnus menu.

When it comes to posting messages, I created a ~/.gnus file
and included the following:

(setq gnus-posting-styles
        '((".*"
;;              (address "email@gomain.com")
        (organization "blahblah")
        (signature-file "~/.gnus-sig")
        ))
)

;; my mail headers - if not using posting styles
(setq user-full-name ".Martin.")
(setq user-mail-address "blahblah@gmail.com")

(setq   gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil
        gnus-read-active-file nil
        gnus-nov-is-evil nil)


;; don't ask how many email to dowload
(setq gnus-large-newsgroup 'nil)


I've still got some question that I haven't found any answer.
I guess I'll post them in separate posts
-- 
regards

.Martin.

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[.Martin.]

xtd8865@gmail.com (.Martin.) writes:


There's one more thing that puzzles me. Whenever I post something, in 
the main window which lists a group topics it doesn't show my name, 
just the name of the usegroup (unlike with other people's posts).
Below I quote my original post which includes my config files.

The other thing is how could I set it up so that my email address
wouldn't appear in the header (or I could write a dummy email there)

thank you



> When it comes to subsribing to newsgroups, I created a file ~/.newsrc
> and included the names of newsgroups I know I want to subscribe to.
> Alternatively, there is such an option in emacs/gnus menu.
>
> When it comes to posting messages, I created a ~/.gnus file
> and included the following:
>
> (setq gnus-posting-styles
>         '((".*"
> ;;              (address "email@gomain.com")
>         (organization "blahblah")
>         (signature-file "~/.gnus-sig")
>         ))
> )
>
> ;; my mail headers - if not using posting styles
> (setq user-full-name ".Martin.")
> (setq user-mail-address "blahblah@gmail.com")
>
> (setq   gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil
>         gnus-read-active-file nil
>         gnus-nov-is-evil nil)
>
>
> ;; don't ask how many email to dowload
> (setq gnus-large-newsgroup 'nil)
>
>
> I've still got some question that I haven't found any answer.
> I guess I'll post them in separate posts

-- 
regards

.Martin.

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[Adam Sjøgren]

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:03 +0000, .Martin. wrote:

> There's one more thing that puzzles me. Whenever I post something, in 
> the main window which lists a group topics it doesn't show my name, 
> just the name of the usegroup (unlike with other people's posts).

Why does this puzzle you? :-)

Seeing to whom/what you sent something is usually more interesting than
your own name.

Check out the variable gnus-ignored-from-addresses:

,----[ C-h v gnus-ignored-from-addresses RET ]
| `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' is a variable declared in Lisp.
|   -- loaded from "gnus-sum"
| 
| Value: ... elided ...
| 
| Documentation:
| *From headers that may be suppressed in favor of To headers.
| This can be a regexp or a list of regexps.
`----

> The other thing is how could I set it up so that my email address
> wouldn't appear in the header (or I could write a dummy email there)

Please don't, it is annoying and a waste of time.

But since you have set user-mail-address in your configuration, I guess
you can quickly see how to change it?


  Best regards,

    Adam

-- 
 "Your father traded the tools for M&Ms again"                Adam Sjøgren
                                                         asjo@koldfront.dk

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[.Martin.]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:03 +0000, .Martin. wrote:
>
>> There's one more thing that puzzles me. Whenever I post something, in 
>> the main window which lists a group topics it doesn't show my name, 
>> just the name of the usegroup (unlike with other people's posts).
>
> Why does this puzzle you? :-)
>
> Seeing to whom/what you sent something is usually more interesting than
> your own name.
>
> Check out the variable gnus-ignored-from-addresses:
>
> ,----[ C-h v gnus-ignored-from-addresses RET ]
> | `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' is a variable declared in Lisp.
> |   -- loaded from "gnus-sum"
> | 
> | Value: ... elided ...
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | *From headers that may be suppressed in favor of To headers.
> | This can be a regexp or a list of regexps.
> `----


Thanks Adam,

Well, does it mean that it's normal? I mean, it's not the case of
my invalid settings?
I'll check the variable. Thanks


>
>> The other thing is how could I set it up so that my email address
>> wouldn't appear in the header (or I could write a dummy email there)
>
> Please don't, it is annoying and a waste of time.
>
> But since you have set user-mail-address in your configuration, I guess
> you can quickly see how to change it?

Oh, I thought user-mail-address is directly linked to my ability to post
messages.


-- 
regards

.Martin.

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[Adam Sjøgren]

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:20:37 +0000, .Martin. wrote:

> Well, does it mean that it's normal?

Perfectly normal.

> Oh, I thought user-mail-address is directly linked to my ability to post
> messages.

How would that work?


  Best regards,

    Adam

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 "Yeah, the revolution starts now                             Adam Sjøgren
  In your own backyard"                                  asjo@koldfront.dk

Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[.Martin.]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:


>> Oh, I thought user-mail-address is directly linked to my ability to post
>> messages.
>
> How would that work?

Fair enough, I mixed it up with the smtp settings from .emacs

Thank you

-- 
regards

.Martin.