Re: wrong argument in gnus.el

[gfp <gfp@posteo.at>]

Hi,

it does not work. I tried with both:
gottfried@posteo.de
gottfried@posteo.net

I sent an email to my email provider Posteo
in order to find out if: "gottfried@posteo.de"
or "gottfried@posteo.net" should be used.


In opening gnus
it says always the same: authentication failed

only this comes up:

   1         0/0        • nndraft:drafts


I put my ".authinfo.gpg" file
into my home folder
/home/gfp/.authinfo.gpg

and opening gnus

it came up the error message in the mini-buffer:

Error while decrypting with "/home/gfp/.guix-profile/bin/gpg":
gpg: Keine gültigen OpenPGP-Daten gefunden./didn´t find openPGP files
gpg: decrypt_message failed: Unbekannter Systemfehler/unknown system failure

in the message buffer:
Warning: Opening nnimap server on posteo...failed: NO 
(AUTHENTICATIONFAILED) Authentication failed.; Unable to open server 
nnimap+posteo due to: Opening input file: Can't decrypt, No data (no 
armored data); No data (expected a packet but did not find one); Exit

it seems we know now the problem.

thanks for help

Gottfried


Am 05.01.25 um 18:53 schrieb Arash Esbati:
> Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> 
>> I tried that but it does also not work.
>>
>> Warning: Opening nnimap server on posteo...failed: NO
>> (AUTHENTICATIONFAILED) Authentication failed.
>>
>>
>> In opened gnus the message came up:
>> IMAP user at posteo (gfp)
>> IMAP password for gottfried@posteo
>>
>> Should it not say:
>> IMAP password for gottfried@posteo.de?
> 
> It depends on posteo organizes things.  In general, `nnimap-user' the
> username used for authentication.  In that case, the following should
> work:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;; ~/.gnus file:
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>        '((nnimap "posteo"
>                  (nnimap-address "posteo.de")
>                  (nnnimap-user "gottfried@posteo.de")
>                  (nnimap-authenticator login)
>                  (nnimap-stream ssl)
>                  (nnimap-server-port 993))))
> 
> ;; ~/.authinfo file:
> machine posteo.de login gottfried@posteo.de password YOURPASS
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Having a quick look at this site[1], I found:
> 
>    Setting up Posteo in an email client (whether on PC, smartphone or
>    tablet) is different for each client, however, you will always need
>    the following details:
> 
>    Server name: posteo.de
>    Username: yourusername@posteo.net
>    Password: Your personal password
> 
> You only need to tell Gnus about the 3 lines, and that happens with the
> snippet above.  I really can't tell if gottfried@posteo.de or
> gottfried@posteo.net the right username for login, but you can find that
> out easily.
> 
> Best, Arash
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  https://posteo.de/en/help/how-do-i-set-up-posteo-in-an-email-client-pop3-imap-and-smtp

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