Re: More than one IMAP mailbox on the same server

[Victor S. Miller]

>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

Ted> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:40:39 -0400 victor@algebraic.org (Victor
Ted> S. Miller) wrote:
>>>>>>> "Victor" == Victor S Miller <victor@algebraic.org> writes:
Victor> I have two different IMAP mailboxes on the same server.  How
Victor> do I set up my .gnus and .authinfo to handle them.  From
Victor> reading the documentation it appears that gnus seems keyed on
Victor> the server alone and not the server/mailbox pair.  Please
Victor> correct me if I'm wrong.

VSM> I should have mentioned that I want to use both IMAP accounts as
VSM> a mail storage protocol (so that the mail is stored on the remote
VSM> server, and I can just look at individual emails in a similar way
VSM> that I would look at newsgroups).  I understand how I can have
VSM> many accounts when I use IMAP as a mail server.

Ted> I looked at this and you're right, the server address is the
Ted> primary key (together with the port).  Can you explain what's
Ted> broken if you just subscribe to both mailboxes?  Do the two
Ted> mailboxes have different user names and passwords?  Can you use a

Yes, the two mailboxes have different user names and passwords.  I
eventually solved the problem by using different authinfo files for
the two mailboxes, and using the :authinfo keyword to point to the
second one.  A little kludgy, but it worked.

Victor
Ted> DNS alias (CNAME) to point to the second server, or maybe run on
Ted> a different port while we figure this out?

Ted> Thanks Ted