From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Zimmerman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:58:05 -0700 Message-ID: <20150707205226.24734.2BADF4C9@ahiker.mooo.com> References: <87y4irpvrq.fsf@ayanami.rkm.id.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436302707 23635 80.91.229.3 (7 Jul 2015 20:58:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 20:58:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 07 22:58:27 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwg-0004nh-Hg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:58:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60435 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwf-0000C3-U3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:58:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36202) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwV-0000Bn-Pv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwU-00033j-Q4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from disorder-1-pt.tunnel.tserv3.fmt2.ipv6.he.net ([2001:470:1f04:51a::2]:52356 helo=acedia.primate.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwU-0002zf-IK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from acedia.primate.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acedia.primate.net (8.14.9/8.14.9/Debian-2) with ESMTP id t67Kw6cC031969 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:58:06 -0700 Original-Received: (from itz@localhost) by acedia.primate.net (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t67Kw6tB031964 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:58:06 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: acedia.primate.net: itz set sender to itz@buug.org using -f Original-Received: from itz by ahiker.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZwL-0006Ro-Q5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:58:05 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y4irpvrq.fsf@ayanami.rkm.id.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:470:1f04:51a::2 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105504 Archived-At: On 2015-07-08 05:47 +0930, Ruben Maher wrote: > The first argument to nnimap should be the url of the server, try: > > (setq gnus-select-method > '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com" > (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com") > (nnimap-server-port "imaps") > (nnimap-stream ssl) > (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo"))) I haven't used Gnus for a long time, but AFAICR the argument of any server type other than nntp is ignored. I think the OP is correct in assuming his problems are specific to Gmail. I also have more conjectures regarding the problems, but others have already jumped in with better understanding than mine, so I'll keep quiet about that for now. -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.