From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bijan Soleymani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to develop an automatic gnus mail set up thing for gnus users. Date: 13 Feb 2003 17:39:59 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <8765rnajpc.fsf@server.crasseux.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045175709 13321 80.91.224.249 (13 Feb 2003 22:35:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18jRwa-0003S6-00 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:35:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18jRx6-0003H0-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:35:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!torn!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!weber.videotron.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 41 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.201.123.149 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.ca Original-X-Trace: weber.videotron.net 1045175548 24.201.123.149 (Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:32:28 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:32:28 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110157 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6660 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6660 Don Saklad writes: > How would you develop a wizard like thing that would automatically > set up gnus mail for gnus users or ask for a response at each > point of setting up where it can't do it automatically by detecting > the appropriate parameters?... And at each point where it needs the > response there would be available elaboration, explicatory informative > details in case the respondent might as a neophyte not understand what > response is needed. Something that goes further for the neophyte than > the excellent http://my.gnus.org/GDG/basic/show_form > > And where the elaboration might not work, further elaboration would > be linked too. There are certain small problems with that form: 1)What if I don't have a fully qualified domain name. (I do, but what if I didnt', what if i'm a floating dynamic ip?) 2)You don't ask about the mail username, explicitly. Is the username the same thing as the pop username? Then why is there (system) in quotation. My mail username and system username are different. 3)Sending password in cleartext is not very safe... I don't believe in security, but some people do. What I recommend is putting up a couple of standard .gnus files one for "pop" and one for "imap". Have it commented in such a way as to make it clear what the user needs to put where. Example: (setq user-mail-address "insert-email-address") (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "insert-name-of-pop-server" :user "insert-pop-username" :password "insert-pop-password"))) (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "insert-news-server")) Bijan