Pierfrancesco Caci <p...@tippete.net> writes: > Hi Eric,
[...] > I'm rereading the manual as you suggest below, and from that, and also > from the fact that it was working before with the very basic config, I > understand that (nnimap "somename") attemtps to use somename as a > hostname, unless there's something specified with > nnimap-address. Interesting, I didn't know that. [...] > Eric> The error message says it all: change my\.imapserver\.it to the > string > Eric> "my.imapserver.it" and you should be fine. > > I've tried this by changing the variable from inside emacs > configuration. I still get the escapes back when I save. Did you put quotes in explicitly when entering the server name? You should see the double quotes in the customization interface. > Interestingly, I can access the server fine if I "browse remote server" > and enter the required info manually When you enter the server name at the prompt, it's automatically treated as a string and quoted. > Eric> If the upgrade is taking you through several new versions of > Eric> Gnus, it's > Eric> probably worth going back to the Gnus manual and reading the > Eric> section on > Eric> IMAP again, just to make sure you've got everything right. > > This is "the" manual, right? http://www.gnus.org/manual/big-gnus.html You'll be best off using the in-Emacs info browser: "C-h i", and then "m" and "Gnus". That way you'll know that the manual you're reading corresponds to the Gnus you're using. HTH, Eric _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
