Re: Failure of my Gnus

[Madhu]

* Dmitry Alexandrov <a709wa5c.dag@gnui.org> :
Wrote on Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:05:35 +0300:

> Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org> wrote:
>> Joseph Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> I use Emacs 26.1 (build 1) and Gnus 5.13 under Cygwin 2.0.2 under
>>> Windows 10.0.
>>
>> Do you have any particular reason to stick with that Emacs version?
>
>> Or do other software you use is outdated by good two years as well?
>
> That is, do not expect that old software can be never broken just by
> flow of the time.
>
>>> Since 29 April Gnus has behaved badly.
>
>>> streamssl error
>
> For instance, say you the 29th of _May_, my instant guess would be
> that this is for sure related to the expiration of AddTrust cert.

I don't know when this came into effect, but this could also have caused
you problems if the configuration changed

https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/email

[I sent this through usenet. of course it didn't make it to the gnu help
list. The message-ids of the posts that reach usenet from the mailing
list are hopelessly rewritten by gnu mailer that gnu.emacs.help is
essentially unusable - to look up or process or archive articles.]


* Madhu <m37dver4d6.fsf@leonis4.robolove.meer.net> :
Wrote on Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:27:09 +0530:

> * Joseph Fineman <mailman.1144.1594176951.2574.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> :
> Wrote on Wed, 8 Jul 2020 02:55:43 +0000 (UTC):
>
>> In May I described this problem, first on gnu.emacs.help and then
>> (following advice there) on this mailing list.  I have seen no
>> response.  Since then I have been unable to use Gnus.
> ...
>> I have managed to send & receive email by dealing directly with my
>> supplier (AOL), but that is a nuisance.  I will be grateful for any
>> advice on restoring Gnus to its proper working, or on finding someone
>> who can be paid to help.
>
> I'm sorry not able to help as I have no experience with emacs on windows
> (at least not since the year 2000) so this is another useless followup
> and I apologise.
>
> I'm assuming the software versions on emacs and gnus hadn't changed. So
> something if anything changed would have been on the windows
> platform. In these days when complexity and zerodays in updates are paid
> for Big Money, unfortunately the only way to deal with seems to be by
> grabbing more complexity and throwing it at the problem.
>
> In this case I would (reluctantly) suggest trying a different
> installation of emacs with your exact same configuration-setup and see
> where that breaks. For maximum bleeding may I suggest you try an emacs
> pre-release downloaded from
>
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/emacs-28/
>
> It may work around issues which may have been introduced in your
> environment that conflict with the cygwin platform.