From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:26:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436286418 8138 80.91.229.3 (7 Jul 2015 16:26:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:26:58 +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 18:26:50 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 1ZCVho-0005Qg-4X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:26:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCVhn-0002gK-HA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:26:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41821) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCVhb-0002g6-MD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:26:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCVhY-0002Va-9H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:26:35 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:35751) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCVhY-0002UG-2r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:26:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCVhT-0005FI-UY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:26:28 +0200 Original-Received: from 169.15.136.127 ([169.15.136.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:26:27 +0200 Original-Received: from dboyd2 by 169.15.136.127 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:26:27 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 63 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 169.15.136.127 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (cygwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+gXcgP/Nl8NHfH24aDVeX2FwE6c= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:105501 Archived-At: Alexander Shukaev 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