From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexandru Cardaniuc Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs 22.2 with gmail POP Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:36:41 -0700 Message-ID: <87iqvh9hdi.fsf@gmail.com> References: <874p72ti98.fsf@gmail.com> <87wsjxiknh.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> <874p71i8oy.fsf@gmail.com> <87k5fxi06k.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215488231 27301 80.91.229.12 (8 Jul 2008 03:37:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 03:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. 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Adamson's message of "Mon\, 07 Jul 2008 22\:23\:15 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55298 Archived-At: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > Alexandru Cardaniuc writes: > >> adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) writes: >> >>> Alexandru Cardaniuc writes: >>> >>>> Hi All! I managed to set up Gnus with gmail IMAP. Now I am trying >>>> to set up it with POP, but unsuccessfully. Can anybody who uses >>>> gmail with POP share their .gnus file customizations? >>> Emacswiki has a whole page on this: >>> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/GnusGmail >>> I just used the instructions for Thunderbird and set it up like any >>> other pop client. >>> What particular problem are you having? Joel >> OK, so I insert the following into my .gnus file: >> (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "pop.gmail.com" :port 995 :user >> "cardaniuc@gmail.com" :password "secret" :stream ssl))) >> And I get the error in the buffer line: >> Mail source (pop :server pop.gmail.com :port 995 :user >> cardaniuc@gmail.com :password ******** :stream ssl) error (stringp). >> Continue? (yes or no) > The argument to the :password keyword should be nil, or the keyword > should be absent, so that it can prompt you for your password. Try > that instead of entering your password in the config. What version of > Emacs and what version of Gnus are you using? I tried that and I still get the same error. Mail source (pop :server pop.gmail.com :port 995 :user cardaniuc@gmail.com :stream ssl) error (stringp). Continue? (yes or no) I am running Emacs 22.2 with gnus 5.11 -- "The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order." - Jawaharlal Nehru