Public bug reported: I am running Gnus against several SSL IMAP servers here without w3m- el-e21 without problems. I guess the package description is out of date.
vnix$ dlocate -s gnus | tail -5 A note for people using the nnimap backend: SSL support requires w3-el-e2X; and even otherwise w3-el makes following hyperlinks in mail and news easier . The upstream sources for this package are available at http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz (The final sentence should probably be a separate paragraph, too.) vnix$ dlocate -l gnus w3- Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================== ii gnus 5.10.6-1.NO.20 A versatile News and mailing list reader for E ii gnus-bonus-el 26.4-1 Miscellaneous add-ons for Gnus un semi-gnus <none> (no description available) un t-gnus <none> (no description available) Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================== un w3-el <none> (no description available) un w3-el-e21 <none> (no description available) My primary work mail account is an Exchange (yuck) box served over IMAPS and MAPI only, and I have a number of secondary imaps boxes on Dovecot and messagingengine.com (not sure what they are using, Cyrus?) M-x list-processes includes this: Proc Status Buffer Tty Command ---- ------ ------ --- ------- imap run *nnimap* work (none) /bin/bash -c openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect imapsserver:993 M-x describe-variable ssl-program-name returns "openssl" ** Affects: gnus (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- SSL stuff in description -- red herring? https://launchpad.net/bugs/61629 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
