From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: tutorial for rmail and IMAP Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 13:03:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87eh0kmnsp.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1398513831 30510 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2014 12:03:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 12:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Robert Thorpe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 26 14:03:44 2014 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 1We1KW-00080o-Ct for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 14:03:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33635 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1We1KW-0005tS-0X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:03:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53400) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1We1KK-0005tL-G4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:03:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1We1KJ-0003Wt-CV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:03:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22f]:54608) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1We1KJ-0003Wm-7v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:03:27 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f175.google.com with SMTP id h3so3162388igd.2 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 05:03:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=zoKRVs6MM0D0tlfHd7fw1yjPHltGO0OZbgjw7bbpHEQ=; b=RQo9t4kZhMVG/aJodMV70wFtBYoWXi12R8Dwv1ntjLnXrNahmCZ80sxHzNAg+RZZQ0 1W632/JwriiTWwZsZ8y17xqBH7XUayvjNtygrPoZsAlg3Jp4U4bUnW2N6bHhfAEoL4LF Qs6LBg2BHS8AG/NuLcPBUgj11xWgdVSu9uzTNQUtpMBu/HnQAzPiUKOAlVuSSKhbYpRd cA/eN/wU3cGmMmgrpQ2QGTFETOi34whL014jtZnD/dwJpPZIEyU14SzK/7NON43/hCFa Pjx4TEv7SpiFbJCmqDRN8xaWGE2mfghMX8NK1a0AuetP39N1U24X3OoONgbUsX9Xqtix Ga2A== X-Received: by 10.43.18.135 with SMTP id qg7mr12445087icb.5.1398513806538; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 05:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.50.20.193 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 05:03:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87eh0kmnsp.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22f 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:97379 Archived-At: On 4/26/14, Robert Thorpe wrote: > James Freer writes: > >> On 4/23/14, Robert Thorpe wrote: >>> Sam Halliday writes: >>> >>> * Gmail. >>> People have told me that gmail has some wierd limitation on the number >>> of IMAP logins you can do with them per day. I don't use it so I don't >>> know. >> I have used gmail since 2007 and have had no problems logging in. I >> use google docs as well and Chromium - so I login many times per day. >> >> I couldn't get rmail or gnus to work for me and use Alpine. > > There are limitations though. Google describe them here: > https://support.google.com/a/answer/1071518?hl=en > https://support.google.com/a/answer/2751577 > > You may hit them if you configure Emacs tools in certain ways. > > BR, > Robert Thorpe > Thanks you are right... I've not noticed any problems. I must say though that I use gmail's web UI and Alpine remotely. So with the size of my mailbox I should have had problems.... but none. Using xubuntu and installing each 6 month release i have found using alpine remotely saves downloading all mail headers for an install and yet each time I use it that's exactly what it does. james