From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gnus configuration to connect IMAP server?
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 21:46:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h9aqzrma.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87fuqbcoqe.fsf@linux-qg7d.fritz.box
Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de> writes:
> I'm using emacs 24.5.1 on linux.
>
> Up to now I used gnus just for an nntp feed and, as
> gnus-secondary-select-methods, gmane.
>
> I'm trying to add an IMAP account as another
> gnus-secondary-select-methods.
>
> The IMAP server is working; I'm able to access the IMAP account with
> thunderbird.
>
> I've tried all kind of configurations, starting from simple up to
> spelling out all kind of parameters, but no fun. E.g.
>
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nntp "news.gmane.org")
> (nnimap "umkehrbar"
> (nnimap-stream starttls)
> (nnimap-address "xxx.de")
> (nnimap-user "yyy@xxx.de")
> (nnimap-inbox "INBOX"))))
>
> The *Messages* buffer tells me things like
>
> "Opening nnimap server on umkehrbar...failed: BAD Invalid characters in atom"
>
> that doesn't help much.
The internet indicates that dovecot is receiving characters it doesn't
like, probably in the password. My guess is that there is a quote
character of some sort in your password, and Gnus isn't doing the right
thing in encoding/escaping it.
Would you edebug the `nnimap-login' function and try to step through it?
What is the value of nnimap-authenticator? Which branch of that function
actually executes the login?
Mind you, I don't actually know how any of this works, but I'll bet
that's where the problem lies.
Eric
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-12 1:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-11 15:24 Gnus configuration to connect IMAP server? Rolf Ade
2016-08-11 22:57 ` Rolf Ade
2016-08-12 0:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-12 13:14 ` Rolf Ade
2016-08-12 14:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-12 22:40 ` Rolf Ade
2016-08-12 23:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-12 23:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-12 15:54 ` Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)
2016-08-12 1:46 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
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