Re: Inhibiting gnus-get-new-news at startup, Re: Inhibiting gnus-get-new-news at startup, Re: Inhibiting gnus-get-new-news at startup

2024-01-01 Thread Bob Newell
some issues. > Try level 3? I've used this strategy for some years and level 5 works perfectly for me. When I want to read a level 5 group, I position to the group and M-1 g does it "on demand." Only my INBOX is level 1 (I fetch from gmail). -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU-Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Have message-ID set by my email server rather than by Message

2023-12-09 Thread Bob Newell
t;Change user-agent to semi-random string" (let* ( (agents '("Mozilla" "Chrome" "Safari" "Brave" "Vivaldi" "Edge")) (versions '("5.0" "5.5" "6.0" "6.5" "4.5" "7.0"))) (setq gnus-user-agent (concat (nth (random 5) agents) "/" (nth (random 5) versions) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Need help writing predicate function

2023-12-04 Thread Bob Newell
(if person (setq langpref (bbdb-record-field person 'language))) (if langpref (set-input-method langpref))) ) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

2023-10-20 Thread Bob Newell
practical matter, if a few emails are shown as unread, whether in gnus or another client, it isn't a show-stopper. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

2023-10-20 Thread Bob Newell
ords, I read an article. In the summary buffer that article definitely is now shown as read. But that doesn't propagate instantly to the IMAP server. I can see this by (say) opening a gmail web interface and noting that the article I just read on gnus is still unread on gmail web. (I will try a few test cases on my own to see what I can learn.) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

2023-10-19 Thread Bob Newell
Michael Heerdegen writes: > Bob Newell writes: > >> The thing is, your /client/ may show them as read but may or may not >> have uploaded that "being read" information to the IMAP server. Do >> try deliberately closing the client on your phone and see i

Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

2023-10-19 Thread Bob Newell
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:14 PM Björn Bidar wrote: > Bob Newell writes: > > >> I noticed that when I read a mail on my phone the read statusis > >> still unread when I fetch my mails from my imap server is still > >> unread in > >> Gnus. > >>

Re: Does Gnus read and sync the read with IMAP?

2023-10-19 Thread Bob Newell
rked as read on gmail, and appears in the web interface or on my phone client as unopened sometimes, until I close down gnus. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Gmail slowness/occasional SMTP hang

2023-07-05 Thread Bob Newell
bably desirable but would be many hours of work. But nevertheless thank you for the ideas. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Gnus fetch freezes emacs

2023-07-03 Thread Bob Newell
sending. I'll wait, press ctrl-g, and find the email has been sent, but control was never returned. This is with SMTP via msmtp. I've never tried to track it down as it isn't frequent enough to be more than a small nuisance. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Saving Gnus scoring in IMAP

2022-11-15 Thread Bob Newell
d many others) in sync across numerous devices with an rsync methodology. Of course rsync is just one way; there are many others. It would be cool to do this with IMAP but I've never seen a way to do so. I'd be happy to be wrong about this, of course. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Need help; cannot send email in gnus and emacs anymore; 550 relay not permitted

2022-07-28 Thread Bob Newell
> inside emacs)? Have you tried setting smtp-debug-info to t? -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Need help; cannot send email in gnus and emacs anymore; 550 relay not permitted

2022-07-27 Thread Bob Newell
same results when trying to send through smtp.gmail.com as you do with wpxxx.mailout.server-he.de? That is to say the 550 relay not permitted? -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Editing name of a doc group

2022-01-03 Thread Bob Newell
quot;) ("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:[Gmail]/Sent Mail" . "Sent Mail") ("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:[Gmail]/Drafts" . "Drafts") ("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:teatrader" . "Tea Trader") etc. ... )) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: question about org-link gnus message and gnus registry

2021-12-01 Thread Bob Newell
guring things out. I have tried Gnorb which tracks via the registry but never completely got it to be as general as I wished. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: synchronizing gnus sessions on multiple computers

2021-09-12 Thread Bob Newell
In my case I settled on rsync.net, who offer their "borg" plan to users who don't require technical support at a price affordable to a retiree on a fixed income. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: synchronizing gnus sessions on multiple computers

2021-09-10 Thread Bob Newell
>> On Fri, Sep 10 2021, Bob Newell wrote: >>> I have rsync'd gnus for years with success. In addition to the files >>> already listed I sync .newsrc.eld, but that is updated infrequently. >>> Not strictly gnus entries, but related closely enough, I also sync >

Re: synchronizing gnus sessions on multiple computers

2021-09-10 Thread Bob Newell
startup-gnus.el which is called from .emacs and with which I tinker more often than I should. Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 1:12 AM Leo Butler wrote: > > Pankaj Jangid writes: > > > "Roland Winkler" writes: > > > >> - How can I tell gnu

nnimap-keepalive

2021-03-28 Thread Bob Newell
configurability for the keepalive timings (both the run interval and the inactivity interval). IMAP over gnus is a real pain to use at my son's house and I suspect elsewhere, when similar conditions prevail. Mahalo, -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Keeping Gnus in sync on two machines

2021-02-02 Thread Bob Newell
device at a time, and to remember to sync! I almost always remember to up-sync but sometimes I get impatient and forget to down-sync. I am careful, with rsync, to use the backup option. I have yet to lose any information despite doing a few bone-headed things. Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i

Re: Problem splitting (nnimap-inbox "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten")

2021-01-21 Thread Bob Newell
nction I posted, would that work? -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB. ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english

Re: Problem splitting (nnimap-inbox "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten")

2021-01-21 Thread Bob Newell
ocal gnus-show-threads nil) (gnus-uu-mark-buffer) (gnus-summary-move-article nil "nnimap+imap.gmail.com:[Gmail]/Trash" nil)) (message "Must be in summary buffer" -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB ___

Re: Problem splitting (nnimap-inbox "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten")

2021-01-20 Thread Bob Newell
mething in Gmail. And if you add a tag and then delete it from All Mail, it will be gone, tag and all. If it's not in All Mail it doesn't exist. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB. ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-engli

Re: Problem splitting (nnimap-inbox "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten")

2021-01-18 Thread Bob Newell
l never take it away until the mail is actually deleted. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english

Re: Problem splitting (nnimap-inbox "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten")

2021-01-17 Thread Bob Newell
el the mail item, the org-mode link will always work (unless the mail is moved to Trash or Spam). I have often thought about moving away from Gmail but to me the All Mail concept is a killer feature. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB ___

Re: gmail

2020-04-05 Thread Bob Newell
will cause some irritating work for many of us. (As an occasional user of mutt, it will be especially annoying.) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://list

Re: How to trap an error when connecting to a news server

2020-01-04 Thread Bob Newell
but in your code above, where did you get > 'news-error' as the name of the error condition raised? I can't find this > anywhere in the gnus source tree. Do you know for sure that > gnus-group-get-new-news (or anything it calls) raises that conditi

Re: Gnus org-mode link problems in org 9.3

2019-12-04 Thread Bob Newell
I didn't see anything in the 'incompatible changes' log for org, but perhaps this is too obscure. Oh well. This occupied a few hours but it wasn't good beach weather today. Aloha, -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux ___

Re: Gnus org-mode link problems in org 9.3

2019-12-04 Thread Bob Newell
Just to update, reversion to an earlier org-mode makes these problems go away. That still doesn't parse the question of whether there is something in my own setup that now doesn't work as opposed to a more general problem. Continuing work -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org

Re: Gnus org-mode link problems in org 9.3

2019-12-04 Thread Bob Newell
. Of course, I'll keep researching, but I may temporarily try to revert to the previous org release (if I can figure out how!) mahalo -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org

Gnus org-mode link problems in org 9.3

2019-12-04 Thread Bob Newell
any of this or just my problem? Any ideas? Mahalo in advance, -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english

Re: smtpmail vs msmtp

2019-08-02 Thread Bob Newell
s life a lot easier. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB. ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english

Re: smtpmail vs msmtp

2019-08-01 Thread Bob Newell
if you don't want to bother with msmtp or if you are a purist and want to do as much as possible within emacs. Choose msmtp if you want something fast, convenient, and easy to use with good logging. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux

Re: multiple reply address

2018-08-24 Thread Bob Newell
) I want to come from my MIT address (alum.mit.edu). That's an easy setup. Anything coming in to my Jane Austen Society address (jasnahawaii.org) will go back out from the same address. Aloha from stormy Hawai`i, -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB

Re: Changing language input method by addressee

2018-03-09 Thread Bob Newell
ed in some of the functions. The serial 'if' statements cause negligible additional run time. If 'langpref' is invalid, there's a message, and that's a good thing. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * ___ info-gnus-english mailing list

Re: Changing language input method by addressee

2018-03-09 Thread Bob Newell
g list. Many thanks for the idea. I'll go about implementing it. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english

Changing language input method by addressee

2018-03-08 Thread Bob Newell
addressee) -- But this seems excessively crude and clunky. Surely I'm not the first person ever to do this sort of thing, but I can't find any other examples. Any suggestions about doing this better, perhaps much better? Mahalo, -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Lin

Re: how to make Group not show "nnimap+$server:INBOX.$mailbox", just $mailbox"

2018-02-19 Thread Bob Newell
("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:emms-help" . "EMMS List") ("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:bbdb" . "BBDB List") ("nnimap+aol:INBOX" . "AOL") ("nnml:mail.misc" . "POP Mail")

Re: how to make Group not show "nnimap+$server:INBOX.$mailbox", just $mailbox"

2018-02-18 Thread Bob Newell
Like this: (setq group-name-map '(("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:INBOX" . "Inbox") ("nnimap+imap.gmail.com:[Gmail]/All Mail" . "All Mail") etc. )) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * __

Re: wrong unread count on imap server synced with offlineimap

2018-02-10 Thread Bob Newell
) the output of this command: curl -s --insecure --url "imaps://whatever.imap.server" --user "myuserid:mypassword" --request "STATUS INBOX (UNSEEN)" Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i ___ info-gnus-english mailing list i

Re: How to set the default timezone for messages being sent?

2018-01-07 Thread Bob Newell
the time zone whatever you wish. A conditional time zone would be more tricky but still could be done. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org

Re: Old Gnus messages are not fetched

2017-08-29 Thread Bob Newell
m.el’. It is bound to / o, . (gnus-summary-insert-old-articles ALL) Insert all old articles in this group. If ALL is non-nil, already read articles become readable. If ALL is a number, fetch this number of articles." -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i

Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected

2017-03-12 Thread Bob Newell
remember that Google doesn't use "and"). (add-to-list 'nnir-imap-search-arguments '("gmail" . "X-GM-RAW")) (setq nnir-imap-default-search-key "gmail") -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * ___

IMAP Gmail and org-mode links

2017-03-03 Thread Bob Newell
) lookup. (setq gnus-refer-article-method '(current (nnregistry))) -- Perhaps this is redundant, but as I've got it working and doing what I need, I'm reluctant to mess it up :) -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux * _

Simple keybindings for Gmail/IMAP use

2015-10-05 Thread Bob Newell
;; Here are a few keybindings to help with moving Gmail messages from ;; INBOX (typically) to wherever. Strangely enough I've not seen these ;; published online even though the concept is extremely simple and ;; requires no (or little) knowledge or skill to implement (which is why I ;; could do

Re: OT: Have you met another Gnus user in person?

2012-09-09 Thread Bob Newell
I met a couple in my last job before I retired. In fact, one of them convinced me to switch over to gnus from VM. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Sent via NoGnus 0.18-Emacs 23.1-Ubuntu Linux 10.04 * --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to n...@netfront.net