>>>>> Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes:
>> Eric Abrahamsen writes:
>>
>>> Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "news.yhetil.org" ;; no certs
>>>> yet (nnimap-stream plain)))
>>>
>>> Hmm, I tried this (adding to `gnus-secondary-select-methods'),
>>> and got:
>>>
>>> Warning: Opening nnimap server on news.yhetil.org...failed: NO
>>> Mailbox doesn't exist: DOES.NOT.EXIST (0.001 + 0.000 secs).;
>>> Unable to open server nnimap+news.yhetil.org due to: make client
>>> process failed: Network is unreachable, :name, *nnimap*,
>>> :buffer, *nnimap news.yhetil.org nil *nntpd**, :host,
>>> news.yhetil.org, :service, imap, :coding, nil
>>>
>>> The "mailbox doesn't exist" thing seems to be misleading:
>>> further attempts to connect to the server just gave me "network
>>> is unreachable". I wonder if this has something to do with my
>>> tls settings? I'll set `gnutls-log-level' to 2 and try
>>> again... Nope, same error.
>>>
>>> This is on Emacs master, I'm not sure what else I can check
>>> (though I still suspect it's something to do with connection
>>> security).
>>
>> Sorry, I switched it over to using a cert last night. I should
>> have sent a message here. Hopefully just having
>>
>> (nnimap "news.yhetil.org")
>>
>> in gnus-secondary-select-methods will work for you. I tried just
>> now, and it worked on my end (Emacs 26.3).
> Hey, that works great! It's a bit weird that it still asks for a
> username and password, I wonder if there's any way to skip
> that. I've never dealt with anonymous IMAP before -- is there
> anything in the connection process that explicitly tells us "you
> don't need to log on"? Otherwise, I guess it doesn't hurt just to
> save a bogus username/password and forget about it.
I noticed that too. I just hit return each time, which appears to be
acceptable. I was also asked if I want to save the credentials to my
autoinfo file. I hit yes and got these two lines:
machine news.yhetil.org-ephemeral login XXXX port imaps
machine news.yhetil.org login XXXX port imaps
I have only blanked out my usual machine user name - I entered no password.
Works well, though.
Best wishes,
Colin.
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com
