Hi Eric >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
Eric> The error message says it all: change my\.imapserver\.it Eric> 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. Eric> Did you put quotes in explicitly when entering the server name? You Eric> 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 Eric> When you enter the server name at the prompt, it's Eric> automatically treated Eric> as a string and quoted. oh... quotes! yes that worked, I can read mail from my remote server now, thanks! Interesting that this is now a requirement. 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 Eric> You'll be best off using the in-Emacs info browser: "C-h i", and then Eric> "m" and "Gnus". That way you'll know that the manual you're reading Eric> corresponds to the Gnus you're using. Well, that's odd. I remember having the manual inside emacs and browsing it as you suggest, apparently is no longer there. I'm probably missing a .deb, but Chtulu knows which one :-) Anyway, thanks for the help, I've got my main mail working again so I'm happy. I can live with the local mail broken until I figure out what's wrong with dovecot. Pf Eric> HTH, Eric> Eric -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english