From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Madhu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Failure of my Gnus Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:30:42 +0530 Message-ID: References: <1807805760.4106360.1594176943335.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1807805760.4106360.1594176943335@mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29674"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Dmitry Alexandrov To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:dDj1aIeOMs0XGPRKMOip0wgxxow= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 04 09:25:58 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nQ3GA-0007WJ-7m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:25:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56658 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nQ3G8-000374-Qq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:25:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44392) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nQ3FJ-00036f-RJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:25:05 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:33426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nQ3FI-0007k9-5Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:25:05 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nQ3FF-0006DV-OA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:25:01 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: 17 X-Spam_score: 1.7 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DATE_IN_PAST_96_XX=3.405, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:136354 Archived-At: * Dmitry Alexandrov : Wrote on Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:05:35 +0300: > Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Joseph Fineman wrote: >>> I use Emacs 26.1 (build 1) and Gnus 5.13 under Cygwin 2.0.2 under >>> Windows 10.0. >> >> Do you have any particular reason to stick with that Emacs version? > >> Or do other software you use is outdated by good two years as well? > > That is, do not expect that old software can be never broken just by > flow of the time. > >>> Since 29 April Gnus has behaved badly. > >>> streamssl error > > For instance, say you the 29th of _May_, my instant guess would be > that this is for sure related to the expiration of AddTrust cert. I don't know when this came into effect, but this could also have caused you problems if the configuration changed https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/email [I sent this through usenet. of course it didn't make it to the gnu help list. The message-ids of the posts that reach usenet from the mailing list are hopelessly rewritten by gnu mailer that gnu.emacs.help is essentially unusable - to look up or process or archive articles.] * Madhu : Wrote on Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:27:09 +0530: > * Joseph Fineman : > Wrote on Wed, 8 Jul 2020 02:55:43 +0000 (UTC): > >> In May I described this problem, first on gnu.emacs.help and then >> (following advice there) on this mailing list. I have seen no >> response. Since then I have been unable to use Gnus. > ... >> I have managed to send & receive email by dealing directly with my >> supplier (AOL), but that is a nuisance. I will be grateful for any >> advice on restoring Gnus to its proper working, or on finding someone >> who can be paid to help. > > I'm sorry not able to help as I have no experience with emacs on windows > (at least not since the year 2000) so this is another useless followup > and I apologise. > > I'm assuming the software versions on emacs and gnus hadn't changed. So > something if anything changed would have been on the windows > platform. In these days when complexity and zerodays in updates are paid > for Big Money, unfortunately the only way to deal with seems to be by > grabbing more complexity and throwing it at the problem. > > In this case I would (reluctantly) suggest trying a different > installation of emacs with your exact same configuration-setup and see > where that breaks. For maximum bleeding may I suggest you try an emacs > pre-release downloaded from > > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/emacs-28/ > > It may work around issues which may have been introduced in your > environment that conflict with the cygwin platform.