Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP

[dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)]

Alexander Shukaev <haroogan@gmail.com> writes:

> Hey Everyone,
>
> Just started to move away from using Gmail through the web interface to
> Emacs Gnus.  I follow Emacs Wiki to achieve this.  Here is the
> configuration so far:
>
> (setq user-mail-address "*@gmail.com"
>       user-full-name    "*")
>
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "gmail"
>                                   (nnimap-address     "imap.gmail.com")
>                                   (nnimap-server-port "imaps")
>                                   (nnimap-stream      ssl)
>                                   (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo")))
>
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service   587
>       gnus-ignored-newsgroups "^to\\.\\|^[0-9. ]+\\(
> \\|$\\)\\|^[\"]\"[#'()]")
>
> and
>
> machine imap.gmail.com login *@gmail.com password * port imaps
> machine smtp.gmail.com login *@gmail.com password * port 587
>
> When I issue 'M-x gnus RET' I keep getting:
>
> Opening connection to imap.gmail.com via tls...
> Unable to open server nnimap+gmail due to: Unknown service: 993
> nnimap (gmail) open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n) n
> Couldn't open server on gmail
> Warning: Unable to open server nnimap+gmail due to: Unknown service: 993
>
> ...
>
> Opening nnimap server on gmail...
> Server nnimap+gmail previously determined to be down; not retrying
> Opening nnimap server on gmail...failed:
> Checking new news...
> Reading active file from gmail via nnimap...
> Opening nnimap server on gmail...
> Server nnimap+gmail previously determined to be down; not retrying
> Opening nnimap server on gmail...failed:
> Reading active file via nndraft...done
> Checking new news...done
> No news is good news
> Warning: Opening nnimap server on gmail...failed: ; Server nnimap+gmail
> previously determined to be down; not retrying; Opening nnimap server on
> gmail...failed: ; Server nnimap+gmail previously determined to be down; not
> retrying; Unable to open server nnimap+gmail due to: Unknown service: 993
>
> Does anybody have an idea what could go wrong?  Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Alexander


Are you doing that is from work or home?  Here at work, most ports other than
htm, ssh, and ftp are blocked incoming and outgoing.  Sucks, but that's what
happens.

Dave in Hudson, FL