Re: Help with GNUS?

[Dom RODRIGUEZ <shymega@shymega.org.uk>]

Hi Stefan,

On 31/08/2024 22:54, Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs 
text editor wrote:
>>> Warning: Opening nnimap server on rnet...failed: ; Unable to open server
>>> nnimap+rnet due to: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("rnet" "localhost");
>>> Opening nnimap server on dev...failed: ; Unable to open server nnimap+dev due
>>> to: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("dev" "localhost"); Opening nnimap server
>>> on personal...failed: ; Unable to open server nnimap+personal due to: Wrong
>>> type argument: stringp, ("personal" "localhost");
> 
> Hmm.. don't know where these come from, sorry (the settings you show
> seems sufficiently close to the ones I use).

Yeah, looking at the manual, I think it's correct as well. It's biarre.

Would you be able to share your config?

> 
>>> Opening nntp server on
>>> leafnode...failed: ; Server nntp+leafnode previously determined to be down;
>>> not retrying; Opening nntp server on leafnode...failed: ; Server
>>> nntp+leafnode previously determined to be down; not retrying; Unable to open
>>> server nntp+leafnode due to: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("localhost"
>>> "leafnode")
> 
> But this look odd: the string "leafnode" does not appear in the config
> file you attached (it's typo'd to "laefnode" and it uses the port 1119
> instead of 119).
> Are you sure you attached the right config file?


It was a typo - good catch! I host Leafnode on port 1119, so it can run 
under my user. That's the next thing on my list..

I corrected the typo, with no luck.