Re: Gnus and pgp

[Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:42:48 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> RR> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>> Let's debug it.  Run the following in a clean (emacs -q) instance:
>>> 
>>> (require 'epa-file)
>>> (require 'auth-source)
>>> (require 'cl)
>>> (epa-file-enable)
>>> (setq auth-source-debug t ; use `message' to log messages
>>> epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t
>>> auth-sources '((:source "~/.authinfo.gpg" :host t :protocol t)))
>>> (auth-source-user-or-password "login" "richardriley.net" "imap")
>>> 
>>> What does the last call return (should be your login name)?  What's in
>>> *Messages*?
>
> RR> It returns my login name ok. 
>
> RR> *Messages* just has
>
> RR> auth-source-user-or-password: found (login)=(shamrock) for richardriley.net (imap)
> RR> "shamrock"
>
> RR> I also got prompted for a symmetric password to unlock the authinfo.gpg
>
> RR> Note that my login name for the remote host is, in this case, the same
> RR> as my local login id.
>
> If this works, it should work for all other IMAP cases as well.  Look at
> nnimap.el, it has the same call in nnimap-open-connection.  Can you try
> the auth-source-user-or-password call inside your regular sessions
> (instead of `emacs -q'), where auth-source.el doesn't work for you?  Is
> there something you see that might hint what the problem is?
>
> Ted

The issue was with nntp selects not other IMAPS as  recall.

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