Re: New mailing list archive at https://orgmode/list/

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen writes:
>
>> Kyle Meyer <kyle@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.

The whole thing (connection, search, display) is also significantly
faster than gmane :)

Eric