* IMAP behaving strange
@ 2009-05-13 21:34 Marvin
2009-05-13 21:49 ` Richard Riley
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From: Marvin @ 2009-05-13 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi there,
I setup Gnus to read IMAP as follows
(setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mail"
(nnimap-address "imap.ece.rochester.edu")
(nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"
"Mail/*" "INBOX.*"))
))
Which prompt me for my username and password, as I expected; however,
when I type ^ to view the mailboxes I am prompted for username and
passwd again (creating two instances) is this normal or am I doing
something silly ?
thanks
MMD
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2009-05-13 21:34 IMAP behaving strange Marvin
@ 2009-05-13 21:49 ` Richard Riley
2009-05-14 0:34 ` Marvin
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From: Richard Riley @ 2009-05-13 21:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Marvin <marvinpas@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> I setup Gnus to read IMAP as follows
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mail"
> (nnimap-address "imap.ece.rochester.edu")
> (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"
> "Mail/*" "INBOX.*"))
>
> ))
>
> Which prompt me for my username and password, as I expected; however,
> when I type ^ to view the mailboxes I am prompted for username and
> passwd again (creating two instances) is this normal or am I doing
> something silly ?
>
> thanks
> MMD
Consider using .authinfo
e.g
,----
| gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mymail"
| (nnimap-stream ssl)
| (nnimap-address "imap.myhost.net")
| (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo")
| (nnir-search-engine imap))
`----
And .authinfo is documented in the info file, but of the form:
,----
| machine imap.myhost.net login ++++++ password **********
`----
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2009-05-13 21:49 ` Richard Riley
@ 2009-05-14 0:34 ` Marvin
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From: Marvin @ 2009-05-14 0:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
On May 13, 5:49 pm, Richard Riley <rileyrg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Marvin <marvin...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hi there,
>
> > I setup Gnus to read IMAP as follows
> > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mail"
> > (nnimap-address "imap.ece.rochester.edu")
> > (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"
> > "Mail/*" "INBOX.*"))
>
> > ))
>
> > Which prompt me for my username and password, as I expected; however,
> > when I type ^ to view the mailboxes I am prompted for username and
> > passwd again (creating two instances) is this normal or am I doing
> > something silly ?
>
> > thanks
> > MMD
>
> Consider using .authinfo
>
> e.g
>
> ,----
> | gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mymail"
> | (nnimap-stream ssl)
> | (nnimap-address "imap.myhost.net")
> | (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo")
> | (nnir-search-engine imap))
> `----
>
> And .authinfo is documented in the info file, but of the form:
>
> ,----
> | machine imap.myhost.net login ++++++ password **********
> `----
Thanks it works like a charm
cheers
MMD
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