I'm too much of a newbie to help with that, but I confess that I would like to know too. Maybe one of the gurus will deign to explain.
"Priyadarshan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > There is something that has been stopping me from using gnus, and that > is how to manage multiple accounts, not just multiple SMTPs, but also > multiple identities, like Thunderbird does. > > I have searched for an answer to this with no success. > > Could you please add to your example the lines needed to implement that? > > Thank you > > Priyadarshan Bontempi > > > B. T. Raven wrote: > > "Don Saklad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> What is the appropriate mail system to use for setting up > >> mail in gnus for this system on this machine?... > > > > Which system? Which machine? > > > > Mutatis mutandis (use your own name and isp info of course), put the > > following into .emacs > > > > (setq user-full-name "B.T. Raven") > > (setq user-mail-address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") > > > > (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.alcisp.com") > > (setq smtpmail-local-domain nil) > > (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > > > > (load-library "smtpmail") > > > > (setenv "MAILHOST" "mail.alcisp.com") > > (setq rmail-primary-inbox-list > > '("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") rmail-pop-password-required t) > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.alcisp.com")) > > (setq gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil) > > (load-library "message") > > (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > > > > Save the .emacs file. Exit Emacs. Start emacs. Type: M-x gnus (Alt and x > > simultaneously, or Esc and then x). By the way, I just tried this and it > > locked up Emacs, but I had forgotten to get out of Outlook Express first. > > Emacs should probably degrade more gracefully in this pathological case. > > Otherwise it should work. (This was run on msw98 and emacs 21.3) You will > > have to type in your user name and password each time. There are ways of > > getting around this, but I haven't figured them out yet. I don't want my > > password in clear text on the machine anywhere, even though it is there > > somewhere in the Outlook Express setup. > > > >> > >> . How would you develop an even better explanation, ever better > >> explanations than are currently available?... Explications that > >> are not so opaque blocking the passage of the radiant energy > >> and the light to understanding the lisp coding a novice would > >> insert to setup mail in gnus. > >> > >> If the novice does not know the lisp coding, the novice would > >> not know what is inserted for the mail setup in gnus. So a > >> better explanation could include term by term, tag by tag what > >> is going on in the lisp coding to be inserted. > > > > If you need to understand all the inner workings of the program, then you > > will have to master elisp first (and maybe C, and maybe even advanced > > computer science principles.) If we need to understand it as well as RMS > > does, then we should probably wait for metempsychosis. > > > >> > >> . Then there is the question of how the novice can identify what > >> are the applicable, what are the appropriate mail system > >> requirements they are using already where they do not know how > >> to check for this information, if they do not understand the > >> technobabble that others relate in explaining how their system > >> is setup. Answers to the question of how to identify the mail > >> system need even more simplification that avoid using often > >> misused jargon or jargon that could be unfamiliar. > >> > >> > >> I've been around this corner and related corners of the net for > >> years and so have friends and acquaintances expert in other areas > >> of interest like networks. We haven't figured out the > >> explanations because the dedication needed to devote energy to > >> the complex text for setup is cumbersome. > > > _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
