Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

[Tim X]

CHENG Gao <chenggao@gmail.com> writes:

> It's not clear in Gnus manual how to use multiple accounts in same IMAP
> server. My company emails are hosted by virtual hosting server, and I
> have my personal account while at the same time I need read some common
> email accounts. I think it's common for many users.
>
> I struggled for some time and found the solution.
>
> Say nnimap address is imap.mysite.com
> Two accounts: one@mysite.com & other@mysite.com
>
> Two .authinfo files are needed to seperate the auth otherwise only the
> first one with imap address imap.mysite.com is used for authentication
> of both accounts.
>
> So the setting should be:
>         (nnimap "one-mysite"
>                      (nnimap-server-port 143)
>                      (nnimap-address "imap.mysite.com")
>                      (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"))
>                      (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.emacs.d/.authinfo"))
>         (nnimap "other-mysite"
>                      (nnimap-server-port 143)
>                      (nnimap-address "imap.mysite.com")
>                      (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"))
>                      (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.emacs.d/.authinfo2"))
>
> I think I need not bother to demonstrate two .authinfo files here.
>
> The right location to add this is `nnimap-authinfo-file under "6.5 IMAP"
> in Gnus manual, something like:
>
> If you have more than one account under same IMAP server, you need use
> one .authinfo for each account, and explicitly configure each imap
> account to point to them. blah blah
>

Can I suggest you write this information up and submit it as an addition/update
to the gnus manual. It is only through users making submissions of this type we
can hope to see a positive evolution of the gnus manual. alternatively, but not
as good, you could add this information to a relevant page in the emacs wiki
(http://www.emacswiki.org/)

regards,

Tim

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Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Jan 28 2007, Tim X wrote:

> CHENG Gao <chenggao@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
>> I struggled for some time and found the solution.
>>
>> Say nnimap address is imap.mysite.com
>> Two accounts: one@mysite.com & other@mysite.com
>>
>> Two .authinfo files are needed to seperate the auth otherwise only the
>> first one with imap address imap.mysite.com is used for authentication
>> of both accounts.

>From an old posting[1] of mine:

,----[ ~/.authinfo ]
| machine fm  login some-long-login@fm.invalid
| machine bar login some-long-login@bar.invalid
`----

,----[ From `G e' buffers: ]
| ;;; Editing the select method for `nnimap+fm:INBOX'.
| (nnimap "fm"
|       (nnimap-address "fastmail.fm")
|       (nnimap-directory "~/Mail/var/nnimap/fm"))
|--------------------
| ;;; Editing the select method for `nnimap+bar:INBOX'.
| (nnimap "bar"
|       (nnimap-address "fastmail.fm")
|       (nnimap-directory "~/Mail/var/nnimap/bar"))
`----

> Can I suggest you write this information up and submit it as an
> addition/update to the gnus manual. It is only through users making
> submissions of this type we can hope to see a positive evolution of
> the gnus manual. 

ACK.

Bye, Reiner.

[1]
,----[ http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54779/focus=54780 ]
| From: Reiner Steib
| Subject: Re: IMAP: multiple accounts on same server
| Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general
| Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:03:32 +0100
| Message-ID: <v9ad72zycr.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>
`----

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Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

[CHENG Gao]

Great. I dont know I can use label in authinfo.

I think this and two authinfo solution should be documented.

Re: Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

[CHENG Gao]

I think Reiner's solution is much better than multiple authinfo files.
Please Reiner, document it. 

Suggestion: Describe in Gnus manuall on how to allow multiple IMAP accounts in same server

[CHENG Gao]

It's not clear in Gnus manual how to use multiple accounts in same IMAP
server. My company emails are hosted by virtual hosting server, and I
have my personal account while at the same time I need read some common
email accounts. I think it's common for many users.

I struggled for some time and found the solution.

Say nnimap address is imap.mysite.com
Two accounts: one@mysite.com & other@mysite.com

Two .authinfo files are needed to seperate the auth otherwise only the
first one with imap address imap.mysite.com is used for authentication
of both accounts.

So the setting should be:
        (nnimap "one-mysite"
                     (nnimap-server-port 143)
                     (nnimap-address "imap.mysite.com")
                     (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"))
                     (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.emacs.d/.authinfo"))
        (nnimap "other-mysite"
                     (nnimap-server-port 143)
                     (nnimap-address "imap.mysite.com")
                     (nnimap-list-pattern ("INBOX" "mail/*"))
                     (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.emacs.d/.authinfo2"))

I think I need not bother to demonstrate two .authinfo files here.

The right location to add this is `nnimap-authinfo-file under "6.5 IMAP"
in Gnus manual, something like:

If you have more than one account under same IMAP server, you need use
one .authinfo for each account, and explicitly configure each imap
account to point to them. blah blah