"Don Saklad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > For the complete novice without good knowledge of code, how can > setting up mail in gnus be explained? > > There's got to be an easier way of explaining what some think to > be unexplainable. So you don't know lisp, here's another > explanation you can try... See if this works... Okay, and that > explanation is... > > Would there be any how to set up mail in gnus for the complete > novice that doesn't require knowledge of code?... or that could > make it even more clear than what we get at > http://www.google.com/search?q=gnus+email
Either add the following to your .emacs or evaluate it with C-x C-e, C-j or whatever is appropriate in the buffer's context: (setq user-full-name "your name") ;; an arbitrary string works here (setq user-mail-address [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ;; replace with your isp assigned user name @ isp name (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.yourisp.com") ;; if this doesn't work get the correct string from another mail program (i.e. Outlook) (setq smtpmail-local-domain nil) (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) (load-library "smtpmail") (setenv "MAILHOST" "mail.isp.com") ;; or whatever: see above (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list '("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") rmail-pop-password-required t) (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.isp.com")) ;; or get string from a mail program known to work. This might not belong in .emacs but in .gnus or something (load-library "message") (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) Then try M-x gnus. Something should work. If there is a gnus wizard following this thread, I have a question too: How can I use one email address for mail and one for news, using gnus for both? Ed. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english