Re: General advice - incorporating gmail IMAP

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
>
>> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>>> Now I'd like to add gmail using its IMAP server.
>>
>> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Connecting to an IMAP Server") ]
>> | Connecting to an IMAP can be very easy.  Type `B' in the group buffer,
>> | or (if your primary interest is reading email), say something like:
>> | 
>> |      (setq gnus-select-method
>> |            '(nnimap "imap.gmail.com"))
>> | 
>> |    You'll be prompted for a user name and password.  If you grow tired
>> | of that, then add the following to your `~/.authinfo' file:
>> | 
>> |      machine imap.gmail.com login <username> password <password> port imap
>> | 
>> |    That should basically be it for most users.
>> `----
>
>> Well, since you already have some servers, you probably want to add that
>> to your `gnus-secondary-select-methods'.
>
> With that done I get this error: something about listp nnimap being
> the wrong type argument.  
>
> From Messages buffer:
>
>   [...]
>   Reading c:/users/harry/.newsrc.eld...
>   Opening nnfolder server on archive...done
>   gnus-find-new-newsgroups: Wrong type argument: listp, nnimap
>
> When I set debug on error, and the debugger gives the error, windows 7
> pops up a dialog asking me if I want to attach a debugger or not,
> either way I answer, emacs closes before I can get at the backtrace.
>
> I know there is some way to make emacs write the error to disk as it
> happens but I don't now how to do it.
>
> Anyway, this is the code in gnus:
>
>     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnimap  "imap.gmail.com"))
>
> But for the moment I can't post a backtrace.
>
> So before getting into splitting I'll need some help just getting the
> first steps.
>
> If I just eval that line alone it shows:
>
>  C-c C-e at the end of:
>     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnimap  "imap.gmail.com"))
>  shows:
>    `(nnimap "imap.gmail.com")'

Try:

(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnimap  "imap.gmail.com")))

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